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FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Reaching some big ones

People love to ask — and answer — "where-were-you-
when ..." questions. So, try this one: Where were you
when the original Amiga was launched? The reason I'm
asking, here in this first issue of 1995, is that this marks
the beginning of the I Oth Anniversary Year of the Amiga
(which officially had its debut on July 2.5, 1985, at a gala
celebrity allair at New York's Lincoln Center).

As to where we were on that date, well, the very same
place. The premiere issue u\' AmiguWarhi was also being
unveiled amidst the fanfare surrounding the debut of the
Amiga 100(1. As circumstance would have it, the present
issue of AW is also the 100th issue of the magazine — a fact
in which we take no small amount of pride.

Back in 1983, when 1 was the editor of a now long-
defunct multiplatform computer magazine called Desktop
Computing, I remember publishing a "Buyer's Guide to
Personal Computers" one issue that listed more than
350 individual makes and models. Guess how many of
these are still around how (or were even around five
years ago)?

The point I'm making is that in a world long dom-
inated by the two giants in the field, only one other per-
sonal computer has made a lasting impression: the
Amiga. I'm proud thai during an era when Big Blue and
Big Red came to have a near-monopoly on personal
computing, there was still room for a "Beige" alterna-
tive — because there were tens and even hundreds of
thousands of people out there who wanted something
different, something more.

So I hope you'll join with me in celebrating these dual
anniversaries — the 10th year of both the Amiga and /III'.
We kick off our 100th Isstte special with a fond backward
look at where the Amiga has been over this past decade.
Our "Amiga Scrapbook" feature recounts Amiga firsts.
Amiga accomplishments. Amigas in Hollywood, and
much more. (We've even gol an Amiga trivia contest lo
challenge your powers of memory.)

Some may ask why this occasion for celebration, given
the present impasse (at least as I write this) in the Com-
modore liquidation proceedings. I don't think any of us
can block out the heartache we've till experienced over
the last six months, but that's no reason to neglect this
very significant milestone in our history as the Amiga
enters its second decade. To even get to this point, the
Amiga and Amiga users have had to show a lot of grit —
and 1 think there's enough left to ride out this present
storm as well.

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2 January 1995

CONTENTS

VOLUME 11, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1995

FEATURES

Amiga's 10th Anniversary Year

SCRAPBOOK. By Denny Atkin 11

With the Amiga beginning its 10th year —
and with this also being. Ill's 100th
issue — it seemed like a good idea to throw
a party and look back at some of the
highlights of the Amiga Decade.

ARTICLES

A Better Mouse By Jeff James 18

If your current mouse is getting too old
and tired to get the cheese, find a
replacement — or upgrade to something
snazzier. Our buyer's guide evaluates an
even dozen input devices — from optical
and cordless rodents to trackballs and
light pens.

DOS Upgrade Blues: Part 1

By Daniel J. Ilarretl 2li

While the now widely available Amiga-
DOS 3.1 is the best version yet of the
Amiga OS, the upgrade path can be a bit
steep and troublesome. Our two-pan
series will smooth your way and help yon
lose those upgrade blues.

COLUMNS

DENNY ON DOS By Denny Atkin . 5

While our "Upgrade blues" series
(above) slums you hint' to make the
somewhat difficult transition to the latest
OS version, DOSmeisier Denny tells you
win it's worth the elTort, as he wraps up
his two-part discussion of the benefits of
Amiga DOS 3.1.

Prime-Time PD By Tim Walsh 7

Tim makes a tip o' the hat to several
members of the Amiga online community
who've been doing an above-and-beyond
job in keeping tis all informed about
the Byzantine developments in the
Commodore scenario.

Accent on Graphics

By Joel Hagen 32

More tips and technological techniques
lioni [oel on getting your 2-D artwork into
gallery-ready exhibition form.

The reason for those cover thumbnails o] tivry
previous issue q) ''AmigaWorid on this month's
cover is thai 99 + I (this one) = 101)! Juiuuny
'95 marks not OTtlyAWs IllOlh issue, hut iilsu the
beginning of the Amiga's lOHi Anniversary Year.
So join in ou the festivities that Ixgin on )>. II.

Video in Focus

By Paulo dc Andrade !}(>

Paulo's back after a brief hiatus with some
practical advice for Amiga video producers

on troubleshooting your cabling.

DEPARTMENTS

First Impressions

By Daniel Sullivan -

ben vcars of Amiga and one hundred
issues ofAnagaWorid provide plenty of
food for thought about the future of our
favorite platform.

Overscan 4

Amiga news and new products.

AW Product

Information 59

To contact the vendors of products
mentioned in this issue of AmigaW arid,
consult our all-in-one "Manufacturers"/
Distributors' Addresses" list.

Help Key 60

We've reopened the Q&A help line and
Tim's RW&A to provide assistance for

those will i lech woes.

The Last Word 64

Vour comments, criticisms, and sugges-
tions are always welcome here.

REVIEWS

Alpha Paint

(InnaVision Technology) (5

Good news for Video Toaster users: A truly
professional 2 1-bit paint program to
replace ToasterPaint

MAXDOS {Medial Productions) and
CROSSMAC (Consultron) 10

One good and one excellent Mac hlc-
conversion utility lor your Amiga.

Pegger 2.0

(Heifner Communications) 40

The automated JPEG conversion program
made better.

World Construction Set

(Qjiestar Productions) 42

Complex but rewarding landscape-gener-
ating software.

CyBEREdIT 2.26 (Cybercall) 44

Affordable ctits-onlv edit controller.

GAMES

By Peter Olafson

Special Report:

Full- Motion Video Preview. . . 48

If you've been wailing for FMV to come to
an Amiga near you, a few preview versions

are beginning to gadier in the wings.

THEME PARK. (Electronic Arts UK) 50

lite Bullfrog people score a major bulls-
eye with this amusement-park simulation.

Guardian (Add Software) 52

From the creators of Blitz Basic, an
eminently playable CD32 shoot-'ein-up.

AmigaWorid 3

OVERSCAN

News, New Products and Networks

Gateway:

"The Biggest Little Amiga Show on Earth'

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI— The second
annual Gateway Computer Show, hosted
by the Gateway Amiga Club, entertained
nearly five hundred Amiga users and ven-
dors under its tent. Attendees tame from
all over the country and from as far away
as Japan. The two-day event holds the
distinction of being the only Amiga show
in the Midwest — if not the only major
show in the US this year.

Attendees were offered dozens of door
prizes as well as a taste of a huge Amiga
cake. Classes offered at the show included
one on ARexx lead by Merrill Calaway. au-
thor of 'flie. ARexx. (j>oklmnk; another on the
Toaster with Greg Heifner of Heifner
Communications; desktop publishing with
Dan Weiss; and DeluxePaint with Brandt
Dargue. The keynote address was given by,
yours trulv. Dale Larson.

Among the new products available for
sale at the show were Oregon Research's
Termite, a terminal emulation program
with many advanced features and
DiskSalv 3. Dave Haynie's disk utilitv

Flyer "Garage"

The Drive-In ($499, Desktop Video Sys-
tems) may not offer twilight shows and
sneak previews, but it does offer a complete
hard drive expansion system for your Video
Flyer and other nonlinear editing systems. It
includes a heavy duty case, 250-watl power
supply, interna! SCSI cabling, external SCSI
pass thru connectors, SCSI ID switches,
power/hard drive activity LEDs, and three
cooling fans. The Drive-In supports several
Flyer-compatible hard drives, CD-ROM dri-
ves, and tape drives. An optional adapter kit,
lets you access ali three SCSI-2 controllers
included with the Flyer. The Drive-In is avail-
able in several different configurations and
as a pre-configured system with hard drives
installed and ready to go.

now commercially available from Intan-
gible Assets Manufacturing. Also on dis-
play, MultiFinder, a new database pack-
age ham Data Management &f Research.

Other developers present at the show in-
cluded j4M/&4 Game Zone, Amiga Library
Services (represented by Fred Fish's son),
Pure Logic Software (creators of On the
Ball), Soft-Logih, which exhibited the latest
PageStream. and Whitesttme Publishing.

Many developers who were not able to
attend the show were there in spirit,
nonetheless, having sent "care packages"
to distribute to attendees, including Elec-
ironic Arts, which teased the crowd with
a promotional flyer announcing DPaint
V. scheduled lor release by the time vou
read this. Bob Scharp, show chairman,
and The Gateway Amiga Club did a won-
derful job with this event and .Amiga users
across the country certainly have some-
thingto look forward to in the year ahead.

(For more information aboul the show
you can contact Dale L. Larson at
daleCgiam.com.) — Dale L. Larson

Jet Set

Super DJC3 and Super LJ4 from
Creative Focus (each S60) will put your
Amiga in the driver's seat of your
Hewlett-Packard color printer. The
Super DJC3 printer driver is compat-
ible will all DeskJets, including the
I200C, 520, and 560C. Super LJ4 is
for use with all HI 1 LaserJets, even the
new 4L and 4P. Each driver provides
direct Preferences access to at least 14
different typefaces and oilers extend-
ed commands for text output and ink
control. Both are compatible with Ami-
gaDOS 1.3 and later. A special dis-
count is offered to owners of previous
versions of the Super DJC driver to up-
grade to Super DJC3.

Commodore Watch

Just as this issue was going lo press, Cre-
ative Equipment International (CEI) of Flori-
da was expected to sign an agreement
offering to purchase the assets of
Commodore. While such an agreement by
no means guarantees CEI's chances of own-
ership of the Amiga, it came as an unex-
pected development in a negotiation
process in which the unpredictable has
become commonplace.

In mid-October, under a deadline from the
Bahamian Supreme Court, the liquidators
recommended that the former management
team at Commodore UK be allowed to pro-
ceed with its buyout proposal for Com-
modore's assets. It had been expected that
the deal would be negotiated by the first
week of November.

But a curious condition of the liquidation
settlement called for an unorthodox "counter-
bidding" round to follow the acceptance of
the UK group's original bid. In other words,
CEI (and anyone else still interested in bid-
ding) wouid have one final opportunity to
counter the UK group's offer — after which the
UK group would have its own final opportu-
nity to top the counter offer. (The reason for
these Byzantine proceedings, reportedly, is to
ensure Commodore's creditors that every ef-
fort has been made 10 obtain the highest pos-
sible price for the company's assets.)

The UK group, however, did not sign the
agreement as offered, so the liquidators
then made the offer available to CEI. CEI
now finds itself in the position originally
open to the UK group. While not confirmed
as of this writing, it was expected that Alex
Amor of CEI would accept the offer.

Meanwhile, the UK group says it has not
dropped out of the proceedings. Joint man-
aging directors David Pfeasance and Colin
Proudfoot, have intimated they will prepare
a counter bid for the final, auction round of
the bidding. Stay tuned for the final resolu-
tion of these bizarre proceedings.

— DS

To locate the vendors of products mentioned, see the "Manufacturers'/Distributors' Addresses" list on p. 59.

■IJmitutn 1995

UDA

By Denny Atkin

] Denny on DOS

HINTS & TIPS FOR MASTERING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

#8— AmigaDOS 3.1, Part 2

Last month we took
an initial look at
AmigaDOS 3.1,
which was recently
released by Germany's Vil-
lage Tronic and made avail-
able in North America by
Expert Sen ices and Software
Hut. This month we'll exam-
ine the features of the
upgrade in more detail. "ITic
earlier die version of .Amiga-
DOS you're currently using,
the more 3. 1 has lo offer you.

Improvements Over 3.0

AmigaDOS 3.0 users will
find 3.1 to be largely a fine-
tuning upgrade. "ITiere are a
number of minor bug-fixes
in the ROMs, but they're
generally not noticeable.
One ROM-based enhance-
ment that will make many
A4000 owners happy is
enhanced overscan sup-
port — you can now stretch
the DoubleNTSC overscan
value to 720x467, eliminat-
ing most of the annoving
black borders.

There are no new Amiga-
DOS commands beyond
those of 3.0, but some have
been enhanced. New Data-
types allow Mnltiview to
show ANIM and CDXL files,
and CrossDOS now trans-
lates Macintosh, as well as
MS-DOS, text files. A new
CD-ROM file system is
included that allows you to
read MS-DOS and CDTV or
CD32 discs connected to a
SCSI interface. The hard-
disk file system has also
been speeded up quite a bit.

For Current 2.1 Users

There are more improve-
ments in store for 2.1 users.
.Along with everything above,
vou'll find ROM support for
256-COlor Intuition screens.

'lliis means that if you own a
graphics card such as the
Picasso II, you can now run
many ACA applications in
256-color mode without
weird, sometimes-compatible
system hacks. You'll also find
that the new graphics. library
in ROM speeds up window
and screen updates even with
the standard chip set.

Another ROM feature is
support for Attached Screens:
A screen can identify itself
with another; for instance,

Quick Tip

One reason to buy Amiga-
DOS 3.1 is to get some of
the best documentation
ever created by Com-
modore, Three manuals
cover Workbench, Amiga-
DOS, and ARexx in won-
derful detail. For once,
you'll realty be able to find
the answers to most of
your questions by Reading
The Friendly Manual.

when you pull down a paint
program's main screen, the
toolbox screen in front of ii
pulls down as well.

There is now a directory
for Datatypes in the Devs
drawer. The operating sys-
tem can now recognize a
variety of file formats, such
as ANIM, IFF, 8SVX sounds,
CDXL, and AmigaGuide
hypertext help files. A
viewer, Mnltiview, is sup-
plied that displays (or plays)
any data file for which a
Datatype exists.

The Workbench screen
has been spruced up a bit —
you can now display IFF
pictures as Workbench and
Window backdrops along
with simple patterns.
There's one downside for

folks who've spent time
designing fancy 16-color
icons: Along with 256-COlor
Workbench support comes a
sophisticated system for
allocating various colors on
the Workbench screen to
different applications.
Because of this, you can now
define only eight of the
Workbench colors for icons
and backdrops; the others
are reserved by the operat-
ing system for dynamic
allocation lo programs like
Mnltiview, which may need
colors not normally used on
the Workbench.

Folks who use floppies a lot
will like the new DirCache
formatting option that makes
reading directories from
lloppies nearly as last as from
a hard drive. (Data transfers
are not any faster, though.) If
you write AmigaDOS scripts,
you'll like the new Request-
Choke and RequestFile com-
mands that let you pop up
mouse-controlled requesters
from your batch files.

A Big Jump From 2.04

If you're still running 2.04,
you'll really love AmigaDOS
3.1, for in addition to all the
improvements listed above.
it includes all those that were
incorporated into version
2. 1 . You'll discover Cross-
DOS, which lets you read
and write files from MS-DOS
and Atari ST floppies, and
the new Sound Preferences
editor that lets you change
the system alert from a sim-
ple screen flash to a tone or
even a sampled sound (my
system beep is a Star Trek
communicator signal).

If English isn't your pri-
mary language, you'll appre-
ciate 3.1's Locale support,
which allows you to change

operating-system text (and
text in Locale-supporting
applications) to languages
ranging from Portuguese to
German. The disk file sys-
tem has also been improved
to sort international charac-
ters properly.

The outline Ibni-rendering
engine has been accelerated
and improved over the one
in 2.04, and an improved
ASL file-requester library
includes a ScreenModes
requester that makes chang-
ing your screen resolution
easier in mam' applications.

The included PostScript
printer driver isn't much to
write home about, but it's
better than no support at all
if you use a PostScript laser
printer. You'll also see
improvements in nearly
even' command and in
Workbench programs: better
interfaces for Format and
Diskcopy, more options for
CLI commands, and so on.

For 1.3 Users

Do yourself a favor and
upgrade! Not only will you
see all the new features
above, you'll also get a new,
3-D user interface, a much
faster operating system,
outline-font support, com-
mon CLI commands in
ROM, the ARexx command
Language, virtual screen
support, and much more.

You can also run many new-
commercial programs, such
as PageStream 3.0 and Pixel
3-D Professional, that won't
ran under 1.3. It's like having
a completely new computer! ■

Denny Atkin is author of the book
Denny Atkin 's Best Amiga
Tips and Secrets. Address him
via e-mail at Dennyhniga@-
aol.com, or c/a AmigaWorld.

AmigaWorld J

V E R S (I A N

Photo Opportunity

it may be true that the camera never lies,
but you needn't worry; with a package like
Atmathera's Photogenics, every image can
be picture perfect. The software combines
the best of both worlds: image conversion
with the features of a paint program. You
can load an image from various file for-
mats {including, JPEG, IFF, and GIFF), and
save it in another. Also, you can manipu-
late multiple images (each with its own re-

The Amiga Makes a Surprise Splash at Future
Entertainment Show

Every image can look like a work of art
with Photogenics.

sizable window) using one of the pro-
gram's built-in brushes (including chalk,
pencil, and pastel), or retouch it with the
Airbrush feature. It requires an AGA Ami-
ga, AmigaDOS 3.0 or later, and 2MB of
RAM (4MB of RAM and a hard drive are
recommended).

All-In-One
Video Studio

In a move that should prove popular
with economy-minded Amiga video-
makers, Digital Creations announced
SuperGen SX Studio, a broadcast-
quality video solution priced at
S799.95. The new bundle incorporates
DCs SuperGen SX (the S-Video ver-
sion of the company's renowned gen-
lock) and Brilliance 2.0 (its best-selling
24-bit paint/animation program) with
InnoVision Technology's industry-stan-
dard video-tiding software. Broadcast
Titler 2.0.

DCs John Botteri promises that with
SX Studio, "users can overlay titles on
their videos, create animated borders,
and fade between any video source and
Amiga graphics." SX Studio works on
all Amigas in both AGA and non-AGA
modes and is available in NTSC and
PAL versions.

LONDON, ENGLAND— In a some-
what surprising turn of events, the Ami-
ga line had its own large booth at the '94
Future Entertainment Show. All parties
were convinced that the Amiga would be
a "no-show" at this years event, in light
of die Commodore liquidation proceed-
ings. It is to the credit of David i'leasance
and team that the) 1 were able to coax the
trustees into allowing them a booth at
the show — one stipulation: Commodore,
no; Amiga, ves. Under a banner pro-
claiming "Amiga" instead of the familiar
Commodore logo, the former manage-
ment team of Commodore UK remind-
ed everyone that the Amiga is still a vi-
able force, and without offering any
details, promised new developements in
time for the next major show — the World
of Amiga in early December.

Video applications had a strong pres-
ence at the show. A demonstration of
the full-motion video card for the CD32
impressed many. The Raptor (reviewed
in Nov. '94) likewise, wowed the crowds.
Also on display were real-time 24-bit
video digitizers From both Gordon Har-
wood Computers and Rombo.

HiSoft showed off its new 1 2-bit sound
sampler. Aura, for the Amiga 1200, Aura
(about SI SO) oilers OctaMED-compati-
ble editing and effects, and claims to

have a "2 db signal-to-noise ratio.

Two new versions of popular word-
processors were premiered at the show.
Wordworth 3.1 from Digita features
faster internal functions, drag and drop
editing, foreign language dictionaries,
landscape printing, and enhanced sup-
port For PostScript printers. Wordworth
3.1SE is a less elaborate but economical
alternative for the A1200 that operates
on only 2MB and a single drive. Final
Writer 3 (Softwood) features some pow-
erful new features seen before only in
packages available on other platforms.

On the gaming front, Ocean Software
announced three new titles: PGA Euro
Tour, Jungle Strike, and Mutant Hock-
ey, with more in the works For the year
ahead. Microvaiue Flair displayed
Deadly Racer and Whizz,

Although the folks al the Amiga booth
were hard-pressed to reveal anything
about their stand in (he bid for the re-
mains of Commodore, it is notable thai
they were able to pull something to-
gether for the show. What all this means
is anyone's guess. Despite all the uncer-
tainty, show attendees were delighted
just to see their favorite platform back in
the limelight and were hungry for an
"encore" at the World of Amiga.

— Stuart Menges

Update Scan

CanDo 3,0 ($399.95, INOVAtronics),

the object-based authoring system, now
features an improved interface, 53 new
transition effects, enhanced object and
brush commands, new tools, and more.
The revision includes a new manual and
tutorial. Sold separately, CanDebug
(SI 99.95) will let you examine your Can-
Do scripts as they execute to troubleshoot
your "buggy" creations. Both CanDo 3.0
and CanDebug require AmigaDOS 2.04,
2MB of RAM, and a hard disk.

MaxD0S2.1 \Media4 Productions), Mac
emulation software, now offers transparent
handling of MacBinary files, displays the
Mac's icons on the Workbench, and touts
a completely rewritten manual.

GameSmith Development System
($129,95) has been acquired by Oregon
Research and promises to be easier than
ever to use with its new tutorial and ex-
panded manual. In other acquisition news,
Smalt-Biz Software of Australia has

picked up distribution of Easy Ledgers ac-
counting software, which has undergone
a redesign.

Digital Creations, a leading developer
of such popular Amiga products as Bril-
liance, SuperGen, and DCTV, has entered
into a three-way merger agreement to
form a new company called Play Incor-
porated. The new group combines desk-
top-video pioneers Digital Creations, Pro-
gressive Image Technology, and an
eight-person contingent of former
NewTek employees who left that compa-
ny early in 1994.

The Digital Creations name will be re-
tained for the development and marketing
of all present and future Amiga products,
including the recently announced Super-
Gen SX Studio (see column, left). Accord-
ing to Play president Paul Montgomery, the
new company will use its broad experience
in Amiga desktop video/multimedia to de-
velop also for the PC and Mac,

6 Jununrt 1995

Prime-Time PD

MINE SOURCES FOR FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE SOFTWARE

By Tim Walsh

Every day I speak with
Amiga developers who
ask for the latest
updates on die Com-
modore liquidation. If" these
industry professionals need
updating, how do the com-
mon AmigaWorld readers fare
in their quest for information?
Thanks to the efforts of a
number of concerned indi-
viduals, those readers with
commercial online accounts
or access to the Internet stay
informed of liquidation
happenings in a timely
manner. I'd like to devote the
remainder of this column to
some of tiiose people in the
online community who have
displayed an unselfish willing-
ness to distribute important
Commodore information.

Volunteer of the Year:
Jason Compton

Many Amiga users probably
know by now that Alex
Amor, president of CEI,
generously devoted three

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CEI online conferences, as
seen in Amiga Report.

evenings in recent weeks for
real-time conferences on
Portal, BIX, and Delphi.
.Along with presenting out-
lines of CEI's plans should it
acquire Commodore, these
conferences sened as morale
boosters to the Amiga mar-
ket. End users got a chance
to ask Amor questions, and

these conferences laid to rest
more than a few rumors.

Jason Compton, editor of
the Amiga Report (an online
AmigaGuidc-format maga-
zine) captured these confer-
ences, cleaned up the texts,
and published the tran-
scripts in Amiga Report. Fur-
thermore, Compton turned
each one around in a timely
manner, usually just a few
days after it was held.

Thanks to his efforts, no
one needed to have an
account on each network to
know what was said. A quick
read of the printouts of all
three conferences reveals how
die l'ortal confereno differed
Broil) that on BIX (si eral
former Commodor engi-
neers attended the Ibrmer)
and how candidly Amor spoke
during die Delphi conference.
The Amiga community owes
Jason Compton a round of
applause for his work.

Best Liquidation Sum-
mary: Dan Stets and
Steve Ahlstrom

CompuServe's Amiga User
Forum holds once-a-week live
conferences with Philadelphia
Inquirer reporter Dan Stets.
Maintaining contact with the
trustee overseeing the liqui-
dation and asking the right
questions, Stets has revealed
more hard-hitting facts than
anyone else online.

Shortly after the October
15th "deadline" set by the
Bahamian Supreme Court,
Amiga User Forum users
were treated to a compre-
hensive summary of the
liquidation by Amiga Forum
sysop Steve Ahlstrom. His
concise description of the
legal proceedings was first-
rate. It detailed Commodore
UK's good-faith verbal agree-

ment, the agreement
between Commodore's major
creditors and the trustee to
hold an auction of sorts, and
the process in which the
assets would be awarded to
the highest bidder. (See
"Overscan," p. 4, for the
latest details.) No one else
has managed so far to pub-
licly summarize the details as
accurately as Ahlstrom.

Roundtable Roundup:
Deb Christensen

When it comes to keeping

large numbers of Amiga
users informed, a lot of
credit goes to GEnie sysop
Deb Christensen. As I men-
tioned in last month's col-
umn, the Amiga Roundtable
publishes the transcript of
Amiga-World's hotline, and
Deb updates it as necessary.
These hotline text files
consistently generate down-
load numbers roughly two to
three times the norm for the
most popular Amiga files in
the Amiga Roundtable.
Besides keeping her
forum informed of what
AmigaWorld is saying, Deb
has a legendary reputation
for diplomatically cooling
things down when tempers
flare or the tales get a little
too tall in the message bases,
and she does a commend-
able job of keeping the
Amiga libraries fresh and
current with offerings from
the Internet. Of course, she
also keeps the chat areas
hopping with lots of quality
chatter.

Honorable Mention:
Joanne Dow and Harv
Laser

No discussion of the online
conferences with CEI is
complete without mention

of two hard-working sysops:
BlX's Joanne Dow and
Portal's Harv Laser.

Joanne deserves credit
both for the CEI conference
on BIX and for striving to
maintain the core group of
.Amiga developers who are
continually being lured away
to other platforms as the
liquidation process drags on.
When the call goes out to
beef up Amiga development,
we're hoping that Joanne
spearheads the necessaiy call
to arms.

On a similar note. Harv
Laser always makes it a point
to go the extra mile to
report on Amiga happen-
ings. Working with Jason
Compton, he arranged for
the initial online conference
with CEI. Furthermore, he
has developed the Amiga
Zones on l'ortal into a first-
rate source of freely distrib-
utable Amiga files. When it's
time to gel the Amiga back
on its feet, we're hoping that
Han', and others like him,
will be there to help make it
happen.

Network Voice Numbers

BIX

800/695-4882
617/354-4137

CompuServe
614/457-0802
800/848-8199

Delphi
800/695-4005

GEnie
800/638-9636

Portal

408/973-9111
800/433-6444 ■

Write to "Prime-Time PD" c/o
AmigaWorld Editorial. 80 Elm
St., Peterborough, NH 0345 S;
or contact Tim through the
Internet at "iwakh@hix.com".

AmigaWorld 7

Professional-
quality,
24-bit
paintbox.

Alpha Paint

InnoVision Technology S699.95
All Toaster-equipped Amigas.
I ..'. :'.\ :'..\ compatible.
Hard drive installable.

Copy Protection: installable on only one machine.
Accelerator compatible.
Minimum system: Video Toaster, 12MB RAM.
Recommended system: Same as minimum.

ToasterPainl is the Video Toaster's weakest
link. This was true when it was first
released, and every subsequent update
has left it virtually unchanged. I lappily,
InnoVision, the maker of Montage 24, has recently
released Alpha Paint, a new 24-bit paint package
that renders Toaster Paint completely obsolete.

Buffer City

Alpha Paint does something no other software can:
It operates interactively in real time directly on the
Toaster's framebuffer. Furthermore, you don't
need the latest and greatest Toaster system to use
it. It worked just fine on my A2000 with 1MB of
chip RAM and my original Toaster. However, you
will need a goodly amount of fast RAM — Innovision

recommends us-
ing a minimum of
12MB. This is not
surprising when
you consider the
number of frame-
Hiffers Alpha Paint
manages.

The program
offers no flash-
ing screens,
periodic up-
dates, HAMS
displays, or
ender buttons.
What you see is
what you get.
The drawing
speed is
very snap-
py; even
with a

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good-sized, multicolored, edge-feathered transparent
brush, Alpha Paint keeps pace with your strokes. And
it does a pretty good job of not squaring off the cor-
ners ol your freehand curves when your movements
are faster than its draw speed.

Ads for the program tout it as a 36-bit paint pro-
gram, a number that derives from 24-bit RGB, 8-bit
stencil, and 4 bits of dithered video alpha. There are
two 24-bit RGB buffers (main and swap), two 8-bit
video-alpha buffers (each coupled to its respective
RGB buffer), and a single 8-bit stencil buffer. The
8-bit video-alpha buffers control the wav the graph-
ics are mixed with live video, and the stencil buller
is used both for masking drawing operations and to
control compositing between the main and swap
screens.

Because the Toaster provides for only 16 levels
of alpha transparency in the Switcher, Alpha Paint
dithers the output of the video-alpha buffers down
to 4 bits, yielding an apparent 256 levels of trans-
parency. On top of this, brushes can possess their
own 8-bit graphics and 8-bit video-alpha channels
that determine, respectively, how the 24-bit brush
is applied to the work screen and blended with live
video.

Menu Work Area

To activate Alpha Paint, you first start the Toast-
er's Switcher, then quit it (to conserve memory),
and then start Alpha Paint. After a few moments,
up pops the interface on the lower half of the
Toaster program output. A click of the mouse tog-
gles back and forth between the interface and the
full work screen.

You will see a bank of 20 color boxes lining the
top of the interface, and nine other hidden banks
are available. These boxes may hold multicolor
linear, concentric, or radial gradients that you
can set up in the Palette menu. Clicking a box
gives you quick access to a multitude of prede-
fined gradients — not only for color, but also to
modulate alpha.

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Below the color boxes are icons for
the standard drawing tools. These icons
bring up additional options, such as the
Fill Menu for all the filled primitives.
Menu buttons and sliders control the
pen/brush, palette, buffers, draw modes,
image processing, input, and display.
Alpha Paint includes water/color, mix,
gamma, odpansl, rub-thru, sharpen,
and negative. An onionskin display
mode makes compositing with the rub-
thru draw mode easy. The mix draw
mode is similar to watercolor, and I used
it to create the painterly image of a hur-
ricane lamp that originated as a Light-
Wave rendered image. You can test the
tools in the image-processing menu on
a mini version of the work screen before
actually applying them, thus saving lots
of time in going back and forth to tweak
the parameters.

Font Support

Brush handling in Alpha Paint is excel-
lent. Besides having its own two alpha
channels, it has tools for interactive 3-D
perspective and scaling, beveling, shad-
ows, outlines, and even glows. From the
brush menu, you can load Toaster,
Chroma, and PostScript fonts, but not
standard Amiga fonts.

A wealth of controls augment the text,
including those for brush manipulation.
An angle entry lets you italicize any font
and run the text around a circle. A pre-
view window lets you quickly view text
with your chosen font and type size.

Alpha Paint works wonderfully with
pressure-sensitive tablets, such as my Cal-
C'.omp Drawing Board HI, as well as with
Wacom tablets. You can enable or dis-
able pressure sensitivity, which modulates
the transparency of the drawing opera-
tion. The program's multilevel Undo
function is the best I have ever seen, with
its configuration dependent upon the
size of the drawing operation and the
memory available. I was able to undo

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Whether it's a
"water-color" look
(above) or tweak.
ing a hand-
sketched color
scan (Clockwork
Orange artwork,
preceding page),
Alpha Paint
delivers.

As shown by the
three screens on
this page, Alpha
Paint gives you a
number of control
panels for easily
changing colors
and accessing
drawing tools.

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seven full screen operations in a row!

Redo and Redo+ also deserve men-
lion: Redo re-executes the last opera-
tion, while Redo-f takes into account
new draw modes, attributes, colors, or
brashes. Finally, besides providing the
ability to zoom in on your work, a
hotkey lets you zoom out 759J — handy
For dealing with the overscan areas of
the screen,

Short Gripe List

On tile downside, Alpha Paint does not

handle multitasking well. You do things
such as render scenes in the background.
However, as there's no way to temporar-
ily iconily Alpha Paint, yon must save your
work, quit, then access the other program
to see your progress. I also encountered
a lew minor bugs, some ol which trashed
pans of the interface screen.

'I 'tipping my wish list for improve-
ments is the addition of animation sup-
port, a pantograph tool, ARcxx support,
and Palette load and save. Tablet pen
pressure should also control other

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Be assured, however, that Alpha Paint
is an extremely professional package
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Toaster-based studio. It has loads of
power and options, tempered with a
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MaxDOS

Media4 Productions, $124.95

CrossMAC

Consultron, $149.95

All Amigas.

2.1/3.X compatible.

Hard-drive installable.

Not copy protected.

Accelerator compatible.

Minimum system; AmigaDOS 2.1.

Recommended system: One or more
high-density floppy drives, mfm.de-
vice, Mac-formatted SCSI devices.

Macintosh file-reading and -writing
software for the Amiga.

In the computer world, the Amiga's
media Format is neither PC- nor Mac-
compatible. Amiga utilities that bridge
this gap include a variety of emulators,
translators, file readers, graphics-con-
version programs, and so on. MaxDOS
and CrossMAC, both recent arrivals on
the scene, are perhaps the most-wel-
comed utilities of all. Bolh programs let
your Amiga read and write on Macin-
tosh disks and partitions, much as Cross-
DOS enables your Amiga to read and
write on PC-formatted disks.

MaxDOS

MaxDOS is designed to read and write
on high-density Mac-formatted disks
using Consultron's mfm. device that's
bundled with AmigaDOS 2,1 or later,
but you can use MaxDOS as is on Mac-
formatted SCSI devices. With appropri-
ate drivers, MaxDOS also works with
limplant and A-Max-formatted devices.
It's a little tricky to install MaxDOS,
as you need to enter the name of any
alternate device driver. A "browse" fea-
ture would be handy to pluck them
from the directory list instead of having
Continued on p. 40.

AM product ncmes ere trodemorki d **' TOO*

^?vsary

^995 marts ftjo milestones in fimiga

history. First, taith January we begin the

tGth Anniversary Year of the fimiga (you'll

remember that the original fimiga 1000 <aas

introduced in 1 985, amidst great fanfare, at

f/eiii /oris Lincoln Center in July). 7995
also marks fimigadiorld's aian fOtf) anniver-
sary /we, Coo, had our debut at that same
Lincoln Center unoeiiingj — and, in addition,
January 95 is the 100th issue affimiga-
liiorld. for all of you tahn'oe been biith the
fimiga — and t&ith us — fUd celebrates these
anniversaries inith this special scraphaa/t that
looks bad at highlights of the fimiga uecade.
Our special thanks to Denny fitkin, taho
prepared this feature, and to the many
people biho shared memories and mementos
taith us during the process.
— Ban Sullivan

1 1 1 ww / ;

Made the Machine

Men Who

What was the most significant or innovative
tiling that the Amiga brought to personal
computing*?

"Creativity. Hot Just in the artistic biay, but
in the safiiMire and the methods used fa solve
problems. The softuxire an the Amiga bias
innovation and advanced because the Amiqa
Brought oat the heat in people, it (das truly a
wonder/ill machine wth enough technology
and innovation to keep it alive in spite of the
IBM-PC dominated marfd. "■ — Michael Bins,
Senior Amiga Systems Engineer

"Multimedia done right. Qhile many still talk
at the truth, this thing everyone calls Interactive
Multimedia is a real-time, multitasking problem.
The reason everyone likes Multimedia is hecause
human heings are used to a real-time, multi-
tasking biorld. The Amiga gat all of the elements
of this right ten years ago. Sure, many systems
noiii have updated versions of these elements that
go much faster. Yet to date, no one a put it all
together in one system again. "- — Dave Haynie,
Senior Systems design Engineer

As the Amiga moves into
its second decade, what
would you write in its
graduation yearhooh?

"Huge pother,
graphics and video
capabilities, all at a
foid, fota cost. "- —
RJ Mical, director
of Intuition

R J Mical

BOROUGH

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CHESTER

A NUCLEAR FREE (
ZONE COMHIMY j

"I dan 't think the Amiga has graduated. If anything, I feel it's been held back a
feta years, through no fault of its otan. Alamo the Headmaster. "■ — Spencer
Shansan, Amiga System Sofliitare Engineer

"Aftaays hold your head high, my little friend. You've done very mell
for yourself, and I'm proud of you. "- — RJ Mical, Director of Intuition

Jay Miner ofesiqned the. Bmiga's.
custom chip,",, as toeff as the
chips used in the Atari's OCS
and 8-bit computers — not to
mention heart pacemakers. Jay
passed atiiay in 199% and is
very much missed.

"I'll tell you this about Jay Miner: His passing axis a loss for the
whole Morld. This (Mis a vastly intelligent, creative, sensitive person
dihe touched manq peopfe's Hoes, fotiie him a lot, for (iihn I've become
and for the many, many hours of pleasure I've had because of things
he created for us. He is much missed, and I II alutays remember him
and think of him for inspiration. "■ — ILJ Mical

"It ((soidd be a scribbled drausinq of a meteor crater
located inhere Redmond, (ilashinqtnn once stood, uiith
the inscription, 'Chin up, Amy. (t)hnt goes around
comes around!'"- — Ross Hippely, Senior Technical
(liriter

AmigaJAmigaWorld Timeline

1982 Hi-Toro, Inc. is formed by a group of midwest
investors hoping to cash in on the videogame craze. 'Hie
company later changes its name to Amiga, Inc., after
people confuse it with the lawn-mower producer.

12Jarmary 1995

TOP-QF-TKE-LINE AMIGA! THEN AND NOW

Amiga Then, 1985

/}/!

1000

7. W.flfffs 68000 (feae than f Mi/fan

Instructions Per Second)
2SUCRAM, S12K maximum (later 8.SMB

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Amiga Now, 1995

Amiga 1000

2S-MHz 68010 (16 Million
Instructions Per Second)
6MB RAM, fGB maximum
1.76MB floppy
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16.8 mi/lion colore
four internal slots

"The nem Amiga personal
computer from Commodore
International is a machine to
rekindle the enthusiasm that
drives personal computing. "(Phil
Lemmons) "Lie think this
machine mifl be a great success;
if that happens, the Amiga mill
probably have a great effect an
other personal-computer compa-
nies and the industry in gen-

(."— Byte, August 19 8S.

Famous Amiga Users

, r Ctart»
AJflij W °'

1983 John J. Anderson leaks word in Creative Computing
about an incredible computer, codenamed Lorraine, that
would feature unheard of graphics and sound, multitasking,
an 80<olumn display, 5+MB of RAM, and more.

1984 Los Gatos, California-based Amiga Inc. is pur-
chased by Commodore.

1985 July 23: The .Amiga 1000 is unveiled at New York's
Lincoln Center, where Andy Warhol dazzles the assembled
audience by creating a real-time portrait of Blondie's Deb-
orah Harry. AmigaWbritFs premiere issue makes its debut.

September: Amiga !000s ship to consumers. AW lists
"over 25 programs" available for the new computer.

AmigaWorld 13

"July 23, 1985. If you are
interested in history, you an'// (Mint
to remember that date; it is the
day that IBM's PC, Apple's Mac,
and BCores of lesser si/icon mar-
vels of our decade became obso-
lete. "■ — Benn dunningtan, IIYfO,
SepJOct. f)8S

Amiga Firsts

/Alt personal computer to ship stan-
dard taith a preemptive multitasking
operating system. ((liindoms 3. / and
Macintosh System 7.0 stiff support
less-efficient, cooperative
multitasking.)

•Alt personal computer to ship mith a
32-bit operating system.
•Alt personal computer to support
more than fb-cofor output as a
standard feature.
v/rlnt personal computer mith an
inexpensive genlock option.
•Alt personal computer to ship stan-
dard mith a double-sided
3.S" disk drive.

•Alt personal computer to include a
titia-battan mouse as standard.

/Ait

personal
computer to
offer a choice
of command-
fine and graph-
ical user interfaces.
•Ajt personal computer to
include four-channel, digital sound on
the motherboard.

/Alt personal computer to ship stan-
dard oiith speech synthesis.
•Alt (and unfortunately, only) per-
sonal computer to ship aith a
keyboard garage.

•AS personal computer to include
plug-and-play (RataCnnftg)
expansion cards.

Amiga's Hollywood Highlights

TV Series:

Babylon S

seaQuest dSO

RoboCop

Viper

Quantum Leap

Small (bonder

Miami Dice

Liquid Television

Inside Space

Max Headroom

Nick Arcade

Unsolved Mysteries

Total Panic

Clarissa Lxplains It fill

flnamanincs

Cioof Troop

Mysteries From Beyond

the Cither dominion
Robn Jr (V Emmy Boards)

Movies:

Jurassic Park
Young Indiana Janes

Chronicles
Itiarlack
Bfierburn
Tammgknackers
Honey, ( Bleta Lip the Kid
Beath Becomes Her
The dark Half
Panama deception

(Oscar/Best documentary)

lioboCop

"toQ^rOSo

1986 The Los Gatos team begins work on the more
expandable Amiga 2000, but their design is rejected in
favor of one created by CBM's German hardware devel-
opers. The Mar ./Apr. AW proclaims "Over 100 Programs
Listed.''

1987 The second-generation Amiga 500 and Amiga
2000 are introduced. In the Jan /Feb. issue, AW predicts
a bright future for Amiga desktop video. The magazine
goes monthly in November.

1988 AWs December issue now lists "over 1200 Amiga
programs" — time to stop counting!

1-1 /tummy 1995

Amiga Family Tree

Amiga 1000 — 198S: This b8000-potaered machine coas seven
years ahead of He time, providing a fast, multitasking, V096-
color system for about $2000 in the days of $1000 single-
tasking, 16-calar (OM 28b machines.

Amiga 2000 — 1987: It sacrificed the ft fOOO fl sleek lines in
exchange far an extremely expandable, slot-packed design. It
suffered a bit of an identify crisis, being released in various utarld
markets as the ftlSOO, 1)20001/0, A2S00/20, A2S00/30,
ft20O0HOftl1QO, AtSOOPhs, and A20QOMu&.

Amiga 500 — (987: The most popular Amiga model, this one-
piece case packed all the paiiier of the Amiga (000 in an inex-
pensive package, ft European model with fOckstart 2.01 and 2MB
chip RftM capability aas called the ASOOPfus.

Amiga 3000 — /990: Nearly the perfect Amiga design, the
ft30O0 took the Amiga to a full 32-bit 030 architecture, got rid
of the flicker, and packed plenty of speed. Also available in a
taioer model, the A3000T, and a Unix, model, the A3000UK

(DTV — 199 f: Commodore designed this home LB-ROM player
based on the ftSOO as a Stealth Computer, hoping to sneak it into
the homes of unsuspecting computerphabes. Unfortunately, the
stealth uiorked a little too lae/f, and not many people noticed it.

Amiga 600 — 1992: Originally planned as a cost-reduced
complement to the ASOO, the fibOO ended up costing more and
doing less, (dith its tiny case and internal hard drive, though, it
makes a great portable ftmiga.

Amiga WOO — /993.- The pinnacle of the Amiga line, featuring
a fast b8010 microprocessor and the improved AGA chip set.
Still one of the most-capable video computers on the planet more
years a,

IZ00— ,

masses in this sleek one-piece Amiga.

mi— 1991: The COW concept done right, this 32-bit CO-
ROM game machine was a hit in Europe and could have been a
contender in the U.S.

than ttiio years after its release.

Amiga 1200 — 1993: AOft graphics potiier comes to the

A1000

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Amiga World 15

Amigas We Never Saw

A(00O+—An $800, 32-bit AGA system oiith an I0£
hard drive, that sat in an updated flmiga (OOO-atyfe box
taith separate keyboard.

fi3Q00+—An flmiga 3000
updated itiith a 680^0 micro-
processor, the flGfi chip set,
SCSI on the motherboard, and
an AT&T 32 fOQSPchip.fi
fern lucky developers have
prototypes of this unit, tahich
woe shomn at the Oenver

"Amiga's speed is going to be a
headache, a heartache and a
headtiiind to the Competition. "• —
Borland advertisement, fimiga-
Qorfd, Premiere I9SS

DevCon in 1992 and could have shipped a year before the
slouer AVOOQ did.

A300 — fin ultra-inexpensive Amiga designed to sit
hefatii the ASQO in the product line. This idea grem into the
AbOO, tohich ended up costing more than the AS00.

A2200—A stripped-doun Amiga 3000 tilth an (Ct£
hard drive interface. The design Mas completed and the
machine unr, nearly ready to go into production, but no
Commodore subsidiary iMtidd order one Engineers
referred to it as the AfQOOjr, a reference to the disas-
trous PCjr.

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Turbo Pascal, from Borland. In on advertisement in the very first
issue of Amigaldarld, (Borland said TjJe think Amiga mill take
off— just like Turbo Pascal did. " The company promised Turbo
Pascal for the Amiga in the first Quarter of f 986, but it never
shipped an Amiga product. ffiSofr's MiSpeed Pascal, a Turbo
Pascal clone for the Amiga, finally shipped sin years later.

Ruillier J-lip: liiardPerfect 5.0 far the Amiga, Lotus (-2-3 for the
Amiga (tohich various developers have reported having seen in Lotus '
Cambridge offices), and Jim Sachs' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(ahich bias started back in the Amiga- (000 days and may stiff see
the light of day on a 32-bit videogame system).

1990 April 24: The A3000 makes its debut at a "Multi-
media Live" unveiling in New York.

November: NewTek's long-anticipated Video Toaster
finally ships, placing the Amiga at the forefront of the
nascent desktop-video market.

1991 CD'H' is released. It doesn't make much of a
splash, but impresses the industry nevertheless, becoming
the first "set-top box" to reach the market.

1992 The Amiga 3000+ featuring the AGA chip set is
previewed at the Denver- DevCon in February, The product
is shelved after one of the primary designers of the IBM
PCjr takes over Commodore's engineering department.

lejamum 1995

Amiga Trivia Quiz

f. (tihat were the original names of the
custom chips in the Amiga?

2. (tihat bias the original codename of
the Amiga?

3. (lihat campang loaned Amiga, Inc.
money and almost gat the rights to
the technology instead of
Commodore?

e f. dihaf famous blues musician and
Amiga (000 owner bias profited in
an earlg issue of AmigaGiorfd?

5. dihat major Amiga feature bias sup-
posed to have been deleted from the
custom chip set before the computer
oias released?

6. The. Amiga (000 had the signatures
of its creators an the inside cover;
biha bias the only nan-human to sign
the machine?

7. (tihat imjs the name of the Electronic
Arts graphics demo shipped tiiith the
Amiga WOO?

8. dihat iiias the first ray-traced anima-
tion for the Amiga?

9. (tihat bias the Amiga S00 's code-
name?

(0. The Amiga 's voice synthesizer sang
lead on a filler track on a popular
80 a Mem (liaoe album, dihat bias the
song?

1 f. dihat bias the only game released
by Commodore far the Amiqa?

12. (lihat Amiga model shipped biith
too microprocessors?

13. (tihat bias CQTO's codename?

11. dihat are the three primarg custom
chips in the AGA Amigas?

(S. (lihat bias the last Amiga model
released by Commodore?

"diith the introduction of the
Amiga . . . consumer computing
bii/l never he the same again. "—
Robert Lack and Richard Mans-
field, compute,

September (985

(ianus Question: dihat contribution to
the success of the Amiga did these
men made?

Sixty-seven issues ago
(August '88 to be precise) this
bias the staff of Amigadiorld.
Shawn and Linda Laflamme (seated
led), Guij diright (center), and dob Ryan (right)
have since left to lead less interesting lives.
(They biere replaced btj current Adi staffers
Tim uiafsh, Ann Record, andSbiain Pratt.) Dan
Sullivan (far left) and Barbara Gefbert (seated
right) remain. Most of the bears still utork
here, too, but Hob 's dog Mae uiorkr. for
another magazine.

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1993 The Amiga 4000 and Amiga 1200 are released
worldwide, while CD32 hits European stores in time for
Christmas. Commodore begins a string of layoffs. The AAA
chip set is shelved due to lack of development funds.

1994 CD32 is released briefly in the US, but Commodore
files for liquidation before a marketing push can begin.

1995 January: The Amiga begins its 1 Oih-anniversary
year, while A W celebrates its 100th issue. Amiga users took
forward to many more years of productivity and fun with a
machine that's still ahead of its time.

— Denny Atkin

AinigaWorld 17

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Time and use are bound to prey on your trusty mouse.
When it's finally time to chase down a new one, you've got plenty of choices.

Should your Amiga mouse give up the ghost, it's nice to know that there are lots of replace-
ment options. Standard mice, trackballs, light pens — you name it, and it's out there. To help
you sort things out, we trapped an even dozen of these critters and pushed 'em through a
wide range of performance and usability tests. But before we get to product specifics, let's
look over the categories.

V?F£f Of iNHATPtVice!

Opto-mechanical Mice

The most popular mouse design available today, the
opto-mechanical mouse has a weighted ball that's in
contact with a series of rollers inside the mouse. As the
mouse is moved along a flat surface, the rotating ball
causes the internal rollers to move. 'The rollers rotate
a slotted wheel; an LED (light-emitting diode) shines
light through the slots, and optical sensors count the
pulses and translate that information into X-Y coordi-
nates. The mouse ball and internal rollers must be
cleaned periodically to remove lint build-up.

Optical Mice

Instead of using moving parts, the optical mouse relies
on a beam of light — bounced against a grid-covered
mouse pad — to track the movement of the mouse. A
pair of LEDs point out of the bottom of the mouse,
with one tracking X movement and the other tracking
Y movement. When light from the LEDs strikes the
pad, it is reflected back into the mouse and analyzed
by a series of optica] sensors. These sensors test for
changes in the light consistency and convert that infor-
mation into X-Y coordinates. Because they have no
moving pails, optical mice need less maintenance than
opto-mechanicals. However, an optical mouse must
have its specially designed mouse pad in order for it
to operate correctly.

Cordless Mice

The cordless mouse is usually very similar to the stan-
dard opto-mechanical mouse, except that the cord

connecting the mouse with the computer is replaced
by a beam of infrared energy. If you're tired of
wrestling with your mouse cords, a cordless unit will
give you unfettered movement within a limited area.

Trackballs

In essence, the trackball is a regular mouse flipped on
its back. Instead of the roller ball moving across a flat
surface, you move the ball directly by spinning it with
your fingers or the palm of your hand.

Pen Mice

One of the more unusual input devices available, the pen
mouse replaces the standard mouse design with some-
thing analogous to a traditional pen or pencil. A tiny
roller, or opto-mechanical sensor, is present in the tip of
the pen; you simply move that point across an appro-
priate surface to generate mouse movement. Buttons on
the pen's shaft serve as left and right mouse buttons.

Light Pens

A light pen is shaped like a regular pen, but with a
connector cord attached at one end and a photo-
detector at the other. To use it, you simply position the
photodeiectorend of the pen near the monitor screen.
Since the screen is continuously redrawn by a beam
from the electron gun about 60 times per second, the
photodetector detects when the electron beam passes
in front of il. The light pen then transmits information
to the computer, which identifies the exact location of
the light pen. ►-

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AmigaWorld 19

I IV P l T

I) E VICES

Tm CowmDm-- fee How Tt+efl&N

Here arc the results of the Amiga mouse comparisons.
For an all-in-one view of how they compare, see the
table entitled "Mouse to Mouse."

Optomechanical Mice

MegaMouse ($49.95, AlfaData): With 400-dpi resolu-
tion and a two-year warranty, (he MegaMouse has a
great deal going for it. Quick and sensitive (thanks in
part to its high resolution), it features crisp, responsive
mouse buttons. It isn't very ergonomic, however, with
a short, five-foot cord, and it's the most expensive
mouse in this category.

MegaMouse MK-II ($39.95, AlfaData): The next iter-
ation in AlfaData's MegaMouse series, the Mega-
Mouse MK-II is the better of the two. While it doesn't
have the alacritous responsiveness of the original
MegaMouse, the MK-II compensates with an extra-
long, seven-foot cord, a glossy hard-plastic finish, and
a heavier mouse ball.

GI-600N (S39.99, Golden Image): The GI-600N's cord
is six feel long, not three, as the box claims. Other
things in its favor are an included mouse pad and an
ergonomic, palm-filling design with a glossy, hard-
plastic finish. Caveat: the one-year warranty is the
shortest in the opto-mcchanical group.

Swifty Mouse ($39.99, Micro R&D): Offering possibly
die best combination of price, features and perfor-
mance, the Swifty offers 300-dpi resolution, three
mouse buttons, and a lifetime warranty. While the box
claims that the Swifty is switchable between Atari ST
and Amiga, the required switch was missing from the
package I received.

Optical Mice

AlfaOptic (S79.95, AlfaData): A 300-dpi mouse using
an optical encoder, the AlfaOptic ships with a mouse
pad, a user's manual, and a mouse holder. This white-
plastic mouse features three mouse buttons and a two-
year warranty. The pad seemed too small for the
mouse, and the cord is only five feet long, but the
mouse was generally quick and responsive.

Boing! Mouse ($99, GfxBase): One of the most
expensive input devices tested, the Boing! mouse fea-
tures the smoothest operation, with crisp mouse clicks
and smooth, point-to-point movement. The included
pad is part of the reason: Made of thin, high-quality
metal, it offers little resistance to the mouse move-
ment. .Although it has a short (four-foot) cord and a
conservative 200-dpi rating, the Boing! mouse is an
excellent alternative to the standard opto-mechanical
variety. *-

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Manufacturer

Mode!

Type

Price

dpi

Buttons

Cord

Warranty Other

AlfaData
AlfaData
Golden Image
Micro R&D

AlfaData
GfxBase
Golden Image

AifaData

AlfaData

AlfaData
Golden Image

MegaMouse
MegaMouse MK-II

GI-600N
Swifty Mouse

AlfaOptic
Boing! Mouse
GI-6000N

CLM-MT

TKB-MT-AC

AlfaPen
JP-100P Brush

Opto-Mech
Opto-Mech
Opto-Mech
Opto-Mech

Optical
Optical
Optical

Cordless

Trackball

Pen Mouse
Pen Mouse

$49.95
S39.95

$39.9')
S39.99

S79.95
S99.00
S59.99

S99.9B

$69.95

$99.95
519,99

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300

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Inkwell Systems Light Pen Light Pen ST29.95 N/A N/A

Key

[1] = Length of cord on infrared receiver is 6'. Cordless mouse can be up to 5' from infrared receiver.
[2] = Atari ST/Amiga switchable.
[3] = Ships with mouse mat.
[4] = Ships with DeluxePaint II.
[5] = Includes Light Pen driver software.
[6] = Mouse button lock feature.
[7] = Ships with mouse holder.
* = While some Unix/X-windows programs support a third button, I know of no other Amiga programs that do so.

90 days

[5]

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26 1 January 1995

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directly from your favorite Amiga program. CrossMAC™ is a Mac File
System for the Amiga®. It easily installs into the Amiga operating system to
allow you to transparently access files on Mac disks from any application.

CrossMAC is packed with many features, since it's based on our
experience designing CrossDOS™. (The same CrossDOS included in the
Amiga's OS)

Requirements: Any Amiga with at least

File System Features:

♦ Read/write Mac low* and high** density
floppies (including Amax and Emplant disks)

♦ Read/write Mac hard drives (including
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Read Mac HFS CD-ROMs

Data and Resource 'forks' as separate files.

Mac icons displayed under Workbench.

Full Mac file names.

MacBinary file support.

Optional Amiga- 1 nYlae character translation.
* Requires either an Amax cartridge and Mac

800K drive or an Amax II plus/Amax IV card
** Requires an Amiga-compatible high density

drive. [We have a limited supply of these

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File System Support Utilities:

♦ Format, diskcopy and check the integrity of
Mac disks.

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I X P I T

DEVICES

GI-6000N (S59.99, Golden Image): This poor man's
optical mouse has a number of shortcomings. Instead
of the rigid pad included with the other opticals, the
GI-6000X ships with a flexible plastic one. The mouse
was quick and responsive, and is switchable for use on
the Amiga or Atari ST. However, a one-year warranty
and a short, three-foot cord put the GI-6000N at the
bottom of the optical heap.

Cordless Mice

CLM-MT Infrared Mouse (S99.95, AlfaData): If

you're sick of fiddling with tangled mouse cords and
long to move freely, consider this one. .Although .Alfa-
Data claims a maximum transmission distance of five
feet, I found it to be closer to four. AlfaData is also a
trifle optimistic when it says that the mouse "works
under heavy use for at least ten hours after a full

Potj Mot All %?%£

As with monitors and printers, mice and other input devices are usually given
a "resolution" rating by the manufacturer. The most common measurement for
resolution is in dots per inch (dpi]. The higher the resolution, the greater the
ability of the input device to interpret small movements. For example, a mouse
with a 400-dpi rating will respond to even the tiniest of movements, while get-
ting the on-screen pointer to move the same distance with a 200-dpi mouse
may take a considerably stronger shove.

Having an ultra-high-dpi mouse isn't always ideal. Atiny bump of your hand
could send your mouse pointer zooming across the screen. Generally, a higher
dpi results in faster on-screen pointer movement. If your mouse is moving too
slowly or quickly for your taste, you can adjust the settings in the Input Pref-
erences program that's found in the Workbench 2.0/3.0 Preferences drawer.

recharge." In practice, I found that it usually tasted
six to seven hours, beginning to move erratically
towards the end of that period. Freedom is the oper-
ative word here, however; if you work within these
constraints and nightly recharges, this is the mouse
you want.

Trackballs

TKB-MT-AC Trackball (S69.95, AlfaData): Willi its
sturdy, rugged construction and smooth operation,
the AlfaData TKB-MT-AC trackball emerges as the
best unconventional mouse design. It occupies very
little desk space. A nifty drag-lock button lets you per-
form mouse-drag operations without linger gymnas-
tics; a left-button click releases the drag-lock, a fact
not documented in the tiny manual. On a more
unusual note, the trackball's transparent plastic roller
ball alternately flashes green and red when plugged in
to the mouse port, serving as a source of irritation or
entertainment, depending on your attitude.

Pen Mice

AlfaPen (S99.95, AlfaData): With an optical design,
three mouse buttons, and a six-foot cord, the .AlfaPen
appears to be a workable replacement for a standard
Amiga mouse. In use, I found the AlfaPen to excel as
a creative instrument, perfect for drawing and
painting. However, it didn't work quite as well for
resizing windows, selecting menus, and so on.

The JP-100P Brush (S19.99, Golden Image): At a price
of less than S20, the opto-mechanical, 250-dpi JP-100P
is easily the best buy in the pen-mouse category. This
is true despite its being hampered by a three-foot cord
and a warrant}' of only one year. It ships with a com-
plete copy of the outdated DehixePaint II and a square
wooden "brush holder," which I found actually worked
better as a paperweight. The JP-100P shares the
AlfaPen's operational strengths and weaknesses, but it
is clearly a better value.

Light Pens

Light Pen (SI 29.95, Inkwell Systems): Clearly the most
unusual product in our roundup, the Light Pen is ide-
ally suited for use in multimedia kiosks, educational
programs, and other specialized environments. A disk
provides driver software that allows it to work with
your applications programs. In testing it with a wide
variety of .Amiga software, I found it works best with
graphics programs.

Not intended as a replacement for an Amiga mouse,
the Light Pen works alongside your existing input
device. Getting it correctly calibrated is important for
efficient operation, but you should be aware that the
calibration program doesn't work well if you're using
a television as a display device,

Summary/Recommendations

The type of mouse you choose will be strongly influ-
enced by your own personal preferences. If you simply
need a basic replacement for an ailing Amiga mouse,
any ol'ihe listed opto-mechanical mice will fill the bill
nicely. In the opto-mechanical category, the Micro
R&D Swifty mouse offered the best combination oT
cord length, warranty, and other features.

If you're looking for an optical mouse, expect to pay
up to twice as much as you would for an opto-mechan-
ical model. The optical mice from AlfaData and GfxBase
are the best in I he optica) category, each having its own
strengths and weaknesses. The GfxBase Boing! Mouse
offers crisp, precise operation, but is hampered by a
high retail price and a short, four-foot cord. On
the other hand, although AlfaData's
AlfaOptic mouse didn't operate
quite as smoothly, it's a better
Value overall.

If you're short on desk space,
the AlfaData trackball is an excel-
lent choice.

Pen mice are well suited for painting
and drawing applications, but I found
using them a bit awkward for everydav
mouse operations. The Golden Image JP-
I OOP is undeniably the better value of the two,
and possibly the best value in this roundup.
Again, personal preference will come into play.

Finally, the Light Pen, working alongside
another input device, can be a valuable addition
to your system if you're into multimedia develop-
ment or involved in other graphics applications. ■

Jeff fames, an assistant editor for the digital magazine
InterActive Gaming, is a frequent contributor to several
other computer publications. Contact him at 76640.75®
compuserve.com or c/o AmigaWorld Editorial, PO Box 802,
80 Elm St., Peterborough, NH 03458-0802.

22 January 1995

DOS VW* ^ *V.

Part 1

Come here, doctor, come here quick;

this new DOS 'bout to

make me . . .

IT SEEMS THAT upgrading to the latest (3.1)
version of the operating system has some Amiga
users singing the bines. Not that there's any-
thing wrong with AmigaDOS 3.1 — far from it
In fact, 3.1 is the most powerful and stable
operating system Commodore ever released.
But it does contain a number of important
changes that may catch you unawares or ause
some programs vou use to experience prob-
lems — especially if you are upgrading from Ami-
gaDOS 2.04 or 2.1. (Users upgrading from 3.0 will
have fewer problems.)

With the right Rx for your new OS, however, you can
avoid these upgrade "gotchas." 'lite remedies prescribed
in this two-part series should help you eliminate — or at
least circumvent — the bizarre little quirks you may
encounter when you start using AmigaDOS 3.1.

First Things First

Before we visit the DOS doctor, though, let's dispense
with a few preliminaries. First, we are proceeding on
the assumption that you already have .AmigaDOS 3.1
installed on your Amiga: both Kickstart (a hardware
ROM upgrade) and Workbench (a software upgrade).
.Also, keep in mind that AmigaDOS 3.1, like previous
versions, has a file called s:startup-sequence that exe-
cutes ever)' time the Amiga boots. You should never
change this file under AmigaDOS 2,0 and later, for
doing so can cause many mysterious problems. Even
worse, if you did previously alter your startup-
sequence, all those changes will be undone when you
upgrade to 3.1.

What if you do need to customi/.e your Amiga's
startup? There are two recommended ways to proceed.
First, vou can drag programs into the SYS:WBStartup
drawer, and they will automatically execute when the
Workbench loads (see page 4-26 in the Workbench 3.1
manual). Second, you can add commands to the s:user-

startup file to

be executed at boot time
(see page 8-8 in the DOS 3. 1
manual). WBStartup and user-
startup are not affected when you
undertake lo upgrade AmigaDOS.

Now, on to that litany of upgrade problems — and
their solutions!

Weird Colors and Pointers

Are yoti having any of the following problems?

• Your mouse pointer is the wrong color.

• Your "busy" pointer has stopped appearing.

• After changing your pointer Preferences, clicking
Save, and rebooting, your pointer has not changed,

• Your Workbench screen turns strange colors.

• WB Pattern backdrops don't work correctly.

An\- of these quirks may be due to out-of-date Pref-
erences settings. These are stored in the directories
ENYARCiSys and ENV:Sys, in files with names ending
with .prefs. .AmigaDOS 3.1 uses a new format for these
files [hat is not completely compatible with AmigaDOS
2.0 files. The solution is to delete your old Preferences
settings (or move them to another directory for safe-
keeping) and then re-create them from scratch. I rec-
ommend that you do this even if you are not experi-
encing these problems, just to prevent them from
occurring in the liiture.

Here is a method for fixing the Preferences setting
for Palette that you can then adapt for all the other
Preferences programs:

1. Run Palette. Write down the settings on a piece ►-

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of paper for later reference. Quit Palette by clicking
Cancel.

2. Delete the two Preferences settings files for
Palette that are found in the ENV:Sys and
ENYARC:.Sys directories. The Shell commands to
F do this are:

delete ENV:Sys/palette.prefs
delete ENVARC:Sys/palette. prefs

(If you prefer to delete from the Workbench, do

the following: Open the RAM disk icon, select Show All

Files from the Window menu, find the Env drawer

and open it, find the Sys drawer and open it, and

delete the palette. prefs file found inside. Then, open

the SystemS.l disk icon, find the Prefs drawer and

open it, select Show All Files again, find

the Env- Archive drawer and open it, find the

Sys drawer and open it, and delete the

palette. prefs file found therein.)

3. Run Palette. Re-create the settings that
you wrote down on paper in step 1 . Quit
Palette by clicking Save.

Repeat this method for each Preferences
program, substituting the name of the
program for Palette. When you are fin-
ished, reboot, and all should be well. You
should need to fix your Preferences settings
like this only once.
You may feel tempted to take a shortcut and not
delete the settings files, but this will not work. Even if
you save your new Preferences settings, the existence
of the old settings file can cause a problem.

If you also want to \\x all vour old Preferences pre-
sets contained in the SYS:Prefs/Presets drawer, a sim-
ilar method will work. Load each file into the appro-
priate Preferences program using the Open... menu
item, write down the settings, click Cancel, delete the
file, rerun the Preferences program, re-create the set-
tings, and click Save.

IconEdit Crashes

Does IconEdit crash whenever you choose a menu
item? This can happen if you are running the freely dis-
tributable program CPUBlit 1.0 (Fish Disk 528) and
using WBPattern to make a fancy pattern on your
Workbench screen. While I do not know exactly why
this crash occurs, I have carefully verified (together with
the author of CPL'Blit) that it is caused bv an inter-
action between IconEdit, WBPattern, and CPUBlit.

To get around this problem, you have several
choices:

1. Upgrade from CPUBlit 1.0 to 1.1. While the
update had not yet made it to common freeware dis-
tribution channels as of this writing, it should be avail-
able by the time you read this.

2. Don't use a Workbench screen pattern. Note that
the screen pattern is the one marked by the word
Screen in the Placement gadget in WBPattern. This is
new in AmigaDOS 3.1; previously, there were onlv
Workbench and Windows patterns. To remove a pat-
tern, click the upper-leftmost color selection in the
window, and then click Clear. Then click Save to exit.

Screenmode/Overscan Strangeness

When you exit the ScreenMode or Overscan program,

does your Workbench suddenly change to a low-reso-
lution screen twice as wide as your monitor? And
nothing will change it back except rebooting? If so, you
may be running the freeware commodity SwitchNTSC,
which does not work properlv under AmigaDOS 3.1.
The only workaround is to quit SwitchNTSC when-
ever you change the ScreenMode or Overscan Prefer-
ences, and then restart it afterwards. Unfortunately,
the author of SwitchNTSC reports that he cannot
update the program because of compiler problems.

Datatypes Not Working

Datatypes are a powerful feature that was introduced
in AmigaDOS 3.0. They allow graphics, sound, and
other programs to use files of many different kinds, not
just IFF files.

Unfortunately, depending upon the particular way
in which your .Amiga's user-startup file is set, Datatypes
may not be able to work properly. For instance, in
trying to use programs such as Multiview or WBPat-
tern, you may receive an "unknown datatype" or sim-
ilar message. Datatypes are especially likely to mal-
function if you have reassigned LIBS:.

In AmigaDOS 2.1 and earlier, LIBS: refers to the
directory SYS:Libs. In AmigaDOS 3.1, this has
changed. Il now refers to both SYS:Libs and
SYS:Classes, using this Assign Add command in the
s:siaruip-sequence file:

Assign >NIL: LIBS: SYS:Classes ADD

If you have modified vour startup-sequence
(naughty, naughty! ), you may have deleted this line
accidentally, in addition, some advanced users have
commands in their user-start up file dial reassign LIBS:
to point at other directories. If you do this, also make
sure to include SVS:Classes in vour user-startup bv
adding the Assign command given above.

Alternatively, if you use the commercial product
WShel] 2.0 (as I do), you might have a command like
[his in your user-startup file:

Assign LIBS: PATH :Work:Libs,SYS: Libs

In that case, you must change it to:

Assign LIBS: PATH:Work:Libs,SYS:Libs,SYS:

Classes

If you do not use WShell 2.0, the above two Assign
commands are not relevant to your situation.

MUI and WShell

If you use MUI I Magic User Interface on Fish Disk
967) and WShell 2.0, watch out for a conflict between
the normal SYS:Classes directory and the MUI Classes
directory. If MUI or your Datatypes are not working,
this may be the reason. As in the previous section, MUI
requires an Assign Add command to make LIBS: point
ai its Classes directory. For example:

Assign Libs: Work:MUI/Classes ADD

Ifyou use WShell 2.0, you may be tempted to do this:

.Assign LIBS: PATH:SYS:Libs,SYS:Classes,Work:
MUI/CIasses

Beware) Both the SYS:Classes and Work: MU I/Classes
directories have subdirectories with the same names.
This can cause conflicts. Instead, put

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Assign LIBS: PATH:SYS:Libs,SYS:Classes
Assign LIBS: Work:MUI/Classes ADD

in your user-startup, and all will be well.

NickPrefs Problems

If you are using NickPrefs (Fish Disk 780) on your
Amiga, be warned that many people on USENET have
reported problems with NickPrefs under AmigaDOS
3.1. If your system appears unstable, try removing
NickPrefs and sec if the problem goes away.

Use the Real Thing

Finallv, did you obtain an officially licensed version of
AmigaDOS 5.1? (The German company Village Ironic
arranged with Commodore — before the liquidation — to
sell a licensed version of 3.1. Expert Services and Soft-
ware Mm are distributing it in North America.) If not, you
ma)' be running an outdated beta version ofAmigaDOS.
Some of these have appeared on BBSs and other
freeware distribution channels, but don't be Iboled —
AmigaDOS is not freeware! It is a commercial product.
Beta versions ofAmigaDOS are only (or testing by
registered developers, and those versions may have
serious bugs that can damage your files. To make sure
you are running the genuine AmigaDOS 3.1, use the
Workbench's About... menu command. The Kickstarl
version should be 40.63, 40.68, or 40.70, and the

Workbench version should be 40.42. If not, then you
should contact your dealer to obtain the correct ver-
sion of 3. 1 . (The reason for all the Kickstarl versions
is that Village Tronic found that version 40.70 did not
work correctly on some .Amiga models. The differences
between the versions are very minor and pertain
mostly to SCSI and IDE interfaces.)

A Final Word

AmigaDOS 3.1 is a big improvement over 2. 1 and its
predecessors. Ever)- upgrade, however, comes with at
least a few problems, and I hope that this series will
ease your transition to the Amiga's latest and greatest
operating system.

Next month, we'll conclude by troubleshooting some
further 8. 1 "gotchas" you're likely to encounter,
including problems concerning speech, ARexx, protec-
tion bits, requesters, rebooting, and hard-drive docu-
mentation. "By then you'll be ready to lose those
upgrade blues." ■

Daniel /. Barrett is a long-time Amiga user and the author
ofBLAZEMONGER. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in

computer science at the University of Massachusetts. E-mail
him at barrett@cs.vmass.edu. The author wishes to thank
Osma Ahvenlampi, Klaus Burkert, Eddy Can-oil, Marin
Kemper, Mike Meyer, and Chris Wolf for helpful informa-
tion that contributed to this article.

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A continuing series

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and tricks for

creating more

imaginative Amiga

graphics.

By Joel Hagen

Two-Dimensional Art
For Exhibition

IN SEVERAL RECENT "Accent"
columns, I've discussed computer art in

gallery exhibition from the perspective
of installations — sculptural construc-
tions assembled in a gallery lor the
duration of a show. This month well
explore some some of the technologies
available for getting your two-dimen-
sional computer art into a gallery -
ready form suitable for exhibition.

The Iris Solution

Computer art is usually created and
viewed on a monitor, where the artwork
is seen as pure pixels of light. Translat-
ing that light into high-quality printed

form presents a challenge. Perhaps the
most direct solution is simply to send a
disk, containing your image to a service
bureau to be made into Iris prints. Iris
printing technology is now widely avail-
able for transferring computer images to
paper or canvas, and many print artists
are turning to it to produce copies of
their work. Iris prints are not cheap, but
the results are superb.

Other printing technologies avail-
able through service bureaus oiler
results and prices competitive with the
Iris process. It is now possible to print
your images at virtually any size you
desire. Talk to your local print shop or
browse through the yellow pages to
track down a suitable service bureau.

To get the best results, especially if
you want your prints to be latge, you
should work at a high pixel resolution
on the computer. The more pixels in
the original image, the better the print.
Remember, too, that you can work on
a "page" larger than your screen by
scrollinc; through it. Of course, work-
ing on a large computer image in 24-
bit color requires a lot of RAM and
produces huge files, and getting these
files from your Amiga to a service
bureau can present problems. One
solution is to use ADPro (Elastic Real-
ity) or some similar conversion soft-
ware to translate your .Amiga image
into a format such as TIFF thai the
service bureau can handle, and then
transmit the file from your machine via
modem.

Another solution is to use removable

cartridges or optical disks to transfer
files. While floppy disks hold less than
one or two megabytes of information,
removable cartridges can contain more
than 200 megabytes. SyQuest car-
tridges seem to be the most widely
accepted media at service bureaus, but
Bernoulli i.s gaining ground, as are
optical disks. Not many service bureaus
deal with Amiga-format images or
disks, but vou can transfer your image
files to IBM- or Mac-format cartridges
using any of several solutions outlined
recently by Denny Atkin in AmigaWorld
(Jul. and Aug. '94, pages 14 and 22,
respectively). I use MaxDOS 2.0
(Media4 Productions) on the Amiga to
transfer files to Mac-format. 1 50MB
cartridges on an external Bernoulli
drive. Such cartridges can be taken or
shipped to a service bureau, many of
which wall even mount and frame your
finished work if you so desire.

Doing It Yourself

[fyou plan to do all the printing and

mounting yourself, one approach is to
simply assess the resources you have
available, then find a creative way of
using them to produce finished work
i hat will hold its own with artwork you
see in galleries. Look at the kinds of
paper being used, the way images are
placed on a page, the way the piece is
framed or mounted, the way it is
signed, and so on. You aught regard
this as the fundamental "protocol" of
gallery art. Working within that proto-
col will increase the chances of having
your work accepted and shown.

California artist David Bacigalupi
creates signed limited editions of com-
puter prints that have been exhibited
in the United States and Europe. To
do this, he uses nothing more compli-
cated than laser-printer output on
87;! by 1 1-inch paper. The prints are
elegant diffusion-dither renderings of
his black-and-white screen art. You

32Jamiary 1995

Numerous technologies now provide interesting ways, both costly and inexpensive,
of getting your two-dimensional computer art into gallery-ready printed form.

could achieve a similar effect by exper-
imenting with the printing options of
your graphics or desktop-publishing
software. It often helps to print the
image at a reduced size lo increase its
resolution on the paper. Each of
David's 3- by 4-inch images is sur-
rounded by a hairline border and
centered high on a vertical sheet of
90-lb rag paper. Some laser printers
allow a flat feed that will accommodate
paper of this weight. Directly under
the image on the left is the print num-
ber and edition, such as 32/50. The
title is in the middle, and the signa-
ture and dale on the light. David's
sense of design and his attention to
detail give his images the gallery pres-
ence of nicely mounted etchings. By
doing a signed and numbered edition,
the real and perceived value of each
piece is enhanced. The buyer knows
there will not be an unlimited number
of prints produced, yet also under-
stands that it is not one of a kind.

Another California artist, Roberta Lee
Woods, goes to more Complex lengths
to produce printed versions of her
computer images. Before printing, she
flips each of her 24-bit color images
horizontally to produce a mirror ver-
sion. She then prints them out on a
CalComp Colormaster printer at stan-
dard size and photocopies them on a
Kodak color copier. Finally, using a
lithographic press, Roberta transfers the
toner from the color photocopv to lull
sheets of Rives BFK, 100';; rag print-
making paper. The photocopy is placed
face down, centered on the Rives sheet.
Lacquer thinner is then spread over the
back of the copy, newsprint is placed
over everything, and it is quickly run
through the press before the thinner
evaporates. When the copy is peeled off,
the result is a beautiful, full-color print
neatly centered on a large sheet of
archival paper.

Obviously, a technique like this
requires much experimentation, but at
each stage lie opportunities for con-
trolled accidents that can yield inter-
esting' results or new ideas. Roberta
looks on the entire process as part of

Getting images like this 24-bit Amiga painting into gallery-ready i
sents a challenge. This column explores a variety of solutions.

m pre-

the art she is pursuing. I let" instincts
and experience guide her to rich
results. You should be wary, of course:
Working with toxic materials is haz-
ardous and should be done in a safe,
ventilated environment, working with
someone who is knowledgeable about
the materials.

Then There's Kinko's

Color copiers at service centers such as
Kinko's also oiler interesting opportu-
nities for experimentation with large,
inexpensive prints. For example, slides
or prints of your work can be enlarged
to II- bv 17-inch color copies at
Kinko's Tor less than two dollars. Line
art can be run through oversize copiers

or even blueprint machines for inter-
esting effects.

'Fhcse ideas only scratch the surface
of the possibilities you can discover for
presenting your work. Explore the
resources available and apply your
imagination to producing finished
prints within your budget. There is
always a workable combination. Com-
pose, mount and frame your work
within the "protocol" of gallery presen-
tation, and the remaining factor deter-
mining the acceptance of your work
wilt be its quality and content. ■

Joel Hagen's credits include work in art,
astronomy, science fiction, and software
development. Write to him at 10512
Sawyer, Oakdale, CA 95361. Please
include a stamped, self-addressed envelope
for a reply.

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PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR AMIGA VIDEO PRODUCERS

B y Paulo deAndrade Big improvement, small investment

Cables, a seemingly
insignificanl pan of
every Amiga video
system, can make a
huge difference in results and
performance. Let me give
you two examples:

One day, while working
on a network TV show, my
engineer friend pointed to
the waveform monitor and
vectorscope and told me to
pay close attention, A brand-
new tape with freshly
recorded video was playing
on a 1 -inch VTR, and the
broadcast monitor displayed
exceptional-looking images.
My friend stopped the tape,
fiddled around behind the
Vt'R, and then pressed Play.
The same tape now showed
noisy video and degraded
color. He reached behind
the VTR again, and pro-
duced two cables. "Iliis is
the cause of all that trouble,"
he said, pointing to one.
On another occasion, I
spent man)- frustrating hours
looking for the reason why a
S M PTE time-code-based
system occasionally missed a
frame or two while editing.
Then it dawned on me to
check the cables coming
from the sync generator.
When I replaced the old
cables with new ones, I had
no more problems.

Whether it is a loose con-
nection, broken wires, or
something else, vou can
diagnose and fix cable trou-
bles with a little know-how,

Only the Best

The ideal video cable for
your system is not the one
that came with your VCR or
camcorder. It is RG59/U, a
thick 75 ohm coaxial cable
with a plastic or rubber
coating. Inside, a copper-

braid shield, designed to
block interference from

reaching the core wire, con-
nects to the ground signal. It
is the core wire that shuttles
the video signal between
your components.

While the cable may have
any of several types of con-
nectors, the most common
are RCA and BNC. RCA
connectors, used mainly in
consumer and "prosumer"
VCRs, are found on some
Amiga genlocks. The more
robust BNC connectors lock
into place, providing a belter
connection. Thev are found
on broadcast and profes-
sional VTRs, more expensive
genlocks, and NcwTek's
Video Toaster.

An imperfect connection
results in signal degradation.
Most metals oxidize with
time, and even a brand-new
cable may have an invisible
layer of oxidation. Because
gold is practically immune to
oxidation, it is best to use
gold-plated connectors. Gold
RCAs are easy to spot, as the
whole connector is plated
with the yellow metal. BNC
connectors require a detailed
inspection, as only the con-
nector's center is gold.

Make or Buy?

You can buv good video
cables assembled with the
necessary connectors, or you
can put together your own.
Ready-made cables save
you time. You can find pro-
fessional-quality cables in
different lengths and with
various types of connectors
from sources such as
Markertek and Comprehen-
sive Video (see the "Manufac-
tit rers '/Distributors' Addresses"
list, p. 59). The various com-
ponents of your system may

use different connectors. For
example, your Video Toaster
lias BNC connectors, but
your VCR mav have RCA
jacks. While the Toaster
comes with RCA-to-BNC
adapters (so you can use
regular RCA cables), it is
best to use a cable with a
BNC connector at one end
and an RCA at the other.
The adapters offer a less-
than-ideal connection, and
act as an unnecessary
"bridge" in the path.

Assembling your own
cables can save money. If
you do so, be sure to use
quality components (which
both Markertek and Com-
prehensive can provide), tf
you are using BNC connec-
tors, a good investment is a
crimp tool; this lets yon
mount the connectors to the
cables very tighttv without
soldering. (An inexpensive
kit that includes several
connectors, a crimp tool,
and a special cable stripper
may be all you need besides
a length of cable.) If you use
RCA connectors, you may
have to do some soldering.

Whether you make or buy,
use the shortest cable that
will do the job, because the
signal degrades as it travels
through long wires.

To avoid interference, do
not ltin your video cables
parallel to power cables. If
the}- must cross, make sure
they do so at right angles.

Physical Exam

Two of the most common
causes of cable malfunction
are broken wires and short
circuits. Botli are easilv diag-
nosed with a multimeter,
which is also useful for testing
cables you assemble yourself.
You can find multimeters at

major electronics stores and
other tool dealers; you need
only a very inexpensive one
for these purposes.

To test a cable, put your
multimeter in either conti-
nuity or resistance (ohms)
test mode. Joining the
instrument's probes should
produce a beep or an ohms
display of zero (meaning
there is perfect current (low.

Now touch the outside
(ground) part of both con-
nectors with your probes at
the same time. If the connec-
tion is good, your meter
should act as if the probes
were touching each other. If
that does not happen, your
cable has a problem.

The next step involves
performing the same test on
the inside pin of the connec-
tors. Again, if nothing hap-
pens, you have a bad cable.

To test for a short circuit,
connect one probe to the
inside pin of the connector
on either end, and connect
the other probe to the
cable's outside (ground)
part. If nothing happens on
the multimeter, your cable is
line. If, however, the meter
behaves as if die probes were
joined, you have a short.

Few important system
upgrades are so inexpen-
sive. So don't limit the use
of good video cables to your
Amiga and VCRs. Other
video devices, including
TBCs, monitors, sync gen-
erators, switchers, waveform
monitors, and vectorscopes,
can benefit from good con-
nections, too! ■

Paulu de Andrade is president
oj Digital Reality, an Amiga-
bused broadcast-video and 3-D
animation company in Seattle.

36Jamtaxy 1995

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99.00

Hollywood FX

29900

Humanoid (Specify LW or Imagine!

159.00

HypercachaPro2.0

48.95

image F/X 2.0

249.95

Imagamaster R/T

69.95

Imagemasler Apprentice R/T

59.95

Image Mirror

89.95

Imagine 3.0

339.00

invoice 11 1.2

34.95

Link It)

49.95

Magic Lantern v2

74.00

MaxDOS 2.0

85.00

Morph Plus

124.95

Motion Master LW

114.95

Multilayer tor AdPro

85.00

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85.00

On the Ball vl.3

35.00

PageStream 3.0

249.00

Pegger 2.0

59.95

Pixel 30 Pro 2.0

169.95

Power Macros/Lightwave

109.00

Pro Write 3.3

59.00

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159.95

Scenery Animator 4.0

65.00

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124.95

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124.95

Sparks New Version

119.95

Studio Printer 2

69.00

SuperKP-DJC3

37.95

Swipes

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59.95

Wave Link

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17 Bit 2 CD Collection

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Graphics Resource

19.00

17 Bit Continuation CD

25.00

Groliers Encyclop'a - OS 1 .3 DN LY

57.00

17 Bit Phase 4

25-00

Gutenberg Project

19.00

17 Bit LSD Combo Deluxe

25-00

Hound of the Basken/llles

8.00

A Long Hard Day on the Ranch

9.00

Hutchinson Encyclop'a - PAL ONLY

13.00

A Bun for Barney

8.00

Illustrated Holy Bib-la

15.D0

Advanced Military Systems

10.00

Illustrated Works of Shakespeare

14.D0

All Dogs Go to Heaven

9.00

Internet's Avalon CD-ROM

49.95

American Heritage III. Dictionary

12.00

Lemmings

14.00

American Vista

15.00

Logical - CDTV ONLY

8.00

Amlltet

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Mega Media 1

25.00

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25.00

Animals in Motion

10.00

Micro RID Volume 3

19.00

Audio Resource

19.00

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7.00

Bible 5 Religion

24.00

Moving Gives Me a Stomach Ache

9.0D

Barney Bear Goes to School

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Mud Puddles

10.00

Battle Storm

9.00

MultiMedia

19.00

Case ol the Cautios Condor

9.00

Music MODS & Sound Samples

18.00

CD Caddy

6.00

My Paint

11.00

CDPD2

24,00

Network CD by Weird Science

28.00

CDPQ3

24.00

Network Cable CD32 to Amiga

30.00

CDPD4

24.00

New Basics Electronic Cookbook

15,00

CO PD Coll. - F i>600&more

10.00

Our Solar System

18.00

Cinderella: The Original Fairy Tale

9.00

Paper Bag Princess

10.00

Classic Board Games

10.00

Plain Brown Wrapper XXX

24.00

Clip Art* Fonts

14.00

Psycho Killer

9.00

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20.00

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9.00

Color Magic CI part

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Sexual Fantasies

18.00

Cookbook Heaven 2

19.00

SFX Volume 1

29.00

Curse otRa- CDTV ONLY

9.00

Sheer Delight

22.00

Deep Core -CD-32 ONLY

12.00

Sim City

15.00

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24.00

Snoopy: Case of Missing Blanket

12.00

Demo CD 2

24.00

Space S Astronomy

25.00

EuroS cene

19.00

Strip Poker

17.00

Eyes of the Eagle

9.00

Super Fonts

19.00

Fresh Fish

24.00

Syndesis 3D R0MV1

99,00

Frozen Fish

24.00

Syndesis 3D ROM V2

§9.00

Fun School 3 - Ages 8+

10.00

Texture City

79.00

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10.00

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25.00

Gallery ot Dreams

19.00

Thomas 4 Snowsuit

8.00

Games & Goodies

24.00

Tie Break Tennis

11.00

Garden Fax: Fruits, Vegs, Herts

900

Time Table ol History: 1991 Editions

Garden Plants

9.00

Business, Politics S Media

15.00

Indoor Plants

9.00

Science 1 Innovations

15.00

Trees. Shrubs. Roses, Conifers 9.00

Top Heavy XXX

27.00

Gardening Handbook

18.00

Town With No Name

9.00

GIF Galaxy

26.00

Visions

24,95

GIFs Galore

18.00

Wet Dreams XXX

27.00

Gold Fish - 2 CO Set

24.00

Women In Motion

12.00

Graphics Plus

14.00

Wrath of the Demon

10.00

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A2065 User Manual

10.95

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19.95

A600 User Manual

14.95

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22.95

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16.95

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19.95

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14.95

A2024 Service Manual

19.95

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16.95

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22.95

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19.95

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24.95

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8.95

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A2000 Rev 4.x Service Manual

29.95

A2002 User Manual

8.95

A2000 Rev E.x service Manual

29.95

1080 User Manual

8.95

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34.95

Amiga Basic Manual

12.95

A3000T Service Manual

39.95

A2630 User Manual

7.95

A590 Service Manual

14.95

A2088 User Manual

7.95

At 270 Service Manual

14,95

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7-95

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14.95

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10.95

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14.95

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22.95

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S25.00

Banshee

34.00

Brian the Lion

34,00

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Dragon Slone

42.00

Emerald Mines

25.00

Frontier: Elite 2

34.00

Guardian

46.00

Impossible Mission 2025

36.00

Jetstrike

37.00

Jungle Strike

36.00

Lit'l Devil

42.00

PGA Euro Tour

3700

Sabre Team

42.00

Super Frog

25.00

Super Stardust

42.00

TFX

46.00

UFO Enemy Unknown

38.00

Universe

34,00

Wild Cup Soccer

34.00

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Chlnon Internal II. D. Floppy Drive
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can be used as either dIO: or df1 : (or
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$139.95

DKB A2632 RAM Board

A 32-bit RAM Expansion Board for
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Allows 32-bit RAM beyond 4Mb,
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Perfect for Video, Graphics.
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$189.00
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AM 8Mb RAM -319.00

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AM 32Mb RAM -$1189.00

DKB A1240 Board

A multi-function board for the
Amiga 1200. includes: 66030 for up
to 6 times faster speed; room ior up
to 128Mb of 32-bit RAM using one
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Add 1Mb RAM - $49.00

Add 2Mb RAM - $89.00

Add 4Mb RAM - $159.00

Add 8Mb RAM - $309.00

DKB Video Tape Backup
Back up your system to your VCR
using Inexpensive video tapes.
Works on all Amlgas including the
A4Q00. Performs at 1Mb per
minute. Complete with all software
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$89.95

The Clock

Installs Internally in your A1200 on
the clock header of the
Motherboard. Automatically
recognized by Amiga DOS.
$17.95

DKB MegAchlp

Expands your Amiga 500 or 2000 to
2Mb of Chip-RAM, great for all
graphic applications, including the
Video Toaster. Included is the DKB
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$199.95

DKB A3128 RAM Board
A 32-bit RAM Expansion Beard for
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RAM expansion to 146Mb using
industry standard 4. 8, 16, 4 32Mb
SIMMs. Easily installs in any slot, A
MUST HAVE for Toaster users.

$249.00
Options: Same as A2632 on lelt.

DKB A1202 Board

A multi-function board for the
A1200. Provides the max Fast-RAM
expansion possible plus a clock-
calendar. The 2 sockets allow 1 , 2,
4, or 8Mb RAM using standard 32-
bit SIMMs. Optional Math-Co can
speed up math-intensive programs
as much as 10 times, or more.

1202. no FPU. OK - $99.95
Oplions:

Add 16Mz 68882 -$32.95
Add 25MZ 68882 -$57.95
Add 33Mz 68882 -$74.95
Add 40MZ 68382 -$134.95
Add RAM- Same as A 1240 on let!

KwlkStar12

Allows A1000 owners to install 2
different KicKstart ROM chips.
Upgrade to latest OS without using
system memory yet you can still
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$54.95
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1.3 OS ROM -$19.95
2.04 OS ROM ■ $29.95
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DKB 4091 SCSI Controller
High-Performancc DMA, Fast
SCSI-2 controller lor Zorro3
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hardware to install a 3.5' HD on the
board and a high-density SCSI-2
external connector.

$349.95

Power Point HD External Floppy
Connects to external disk drive port
of any Amiga. Perfect for users who
lack an internal bay.

$145.00

Disk Expander

This software doubles the capacity
of your floppy or hard drives. Easy
to install and works without notice,
in the background. Compression
ratios very from 30% to 70%.
$37.95

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GVP HD Mounting Kit 39.00

AtODD G-Forca 040-40
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32Mb ol super fast SIMM32 memory,
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G-Force A4000 040/40/40/4Mb (989.00
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G-Porce W0/33Mz/4Mb S1D69.00

Ph«ii»PikVFX2.«

Fully integrated, allows unlimited phone
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GVP Phone Pak v2 $219.95

40aBSCSI2 Controller
Add up to 7 SCSI devices to your Amiga.
Provides room for up to 8Mb of 16-bil RAM.
GVP 4008 SCSI Controller $149.00

TEC Plus

This pro quality (CCIR-601). all digital time-
base-corrector uses slate-oMhe-art 8-bit
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GVP TBC Plus $599.95

Comb Filter 8900

Frame RAM Module 18900

Clock

Connect to the world of video with our built-
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composite, Y/C, RGB, or YUV outputs!
Includes dual-input audio panel. Full
support ASA and 'classic' Amigas. SCALA
users can purchase an EX module from
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G-Lock - NTSC Version $299.95

G-Lock- PAL Version 319.95

EGS 2(724 Spectrum

Go beyond AGA Graphics with this real-
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GVP Spectrum 28/24 EGS 2Mb $379.00

1230 Turbo

Accelerate your A1200 up to 50Mz. Room
tor: up to 32Mb ot 32-bil RAM; an FPU;
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M-TEC RAM

This is a 2Mb RAM board for A500s.
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M-TEC AT-500

This is a Hard Drive Sub-System

plugging into Ihe Amiga 500

expansion slot. Will hold any 2.5' or

3.5' IDE Hard Drive and it has room

to hold 2Mb, 4Mb. or 8Mb RAM on

the controller. Uniquely, it features a

Kickslar! Switch allowing you to

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keep whatever ROM Is In your A500,

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w/120Mb HD - $299.00

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M-TEC 71230/28 RTC

This A1200 accelerator comes with a
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SuperGen SX

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Vldi 12 AGA

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R E V 1 K W S

From p. 10.

to search for them and manually type

them in.

MaxDOS offers you various startup
options. If you intend to use the pro-
gram only occasionally, you can mount
the Mac devices as needed; or, if you
use it more frequently, you can have
them mounted each lime the Amiga
boots. MaxDOS refers to hard drives
using names such as MHO: and to flop-
pies as MFO:. Once properly installed
with the drivers in place, the program
works as advertised with most Mac-for-
matted media. Accompanying MaxDOS
is a well-written manual that helps in
troubleshooting any problems that may
arise.

CrossMAC

CrossMAC lets both high- and low-den-
sity Amiga drives access either 800K
A-Max- or EmplatiL-fbrmatted Mac
disks. Using an Amiga drive connected
via A-Max 11+ (or an older A-Max car-
tridge and a Mac HOOK drive), Cross-
MAC lets your Amiga read an 800K Mac
(loppy.

CrossMAC works with Workbench 2.1
or later, using Consult ron's m I m. device,
and file reading is utterly transparent.
The package also includes utilities for
diagnosing and repairing file problems,
formatting Mac disks, and viewing files.
It also is able to display Mac disk icons
on the Amiga Workbench.

Like MaxDOS, CrossMAC creates
new Mac devices and accesses them as if
they were Amiga drives. It names bard
drives MacHD and floppies MACQ:, and
you can rename each device. Just click
on a few prompts, and you're home free.
The CrossMAC installation is a breeze.
It automatically mounts the disk drives
and SCSI partitions, and it also has a
feature that checks the Gary chip for
proper functioning.

Transfer Twins

Both programs can read Macintosh-
formatted SCSI devices and Macintosh-
formatted partitions on Amiga SCSI
devices, including hard drives, Bernoulli
drives, SyQuests, and optical and flopti-
cal drives.

The Macintosh filing system uses two
files for every Mac file. One is the "data
fork," which usually contains the useful
information, and one is the "resource
fork," similar to the Amiga's .info file.

MaxDOS thoughtfully lets you choose to
show both forks, bide the resource fork,
or hide all empty flies.

CrossMAC; goes further, giving you
extensive technical information on
resource and data forks in its manual's
appendix, and also providing a utility
called Res_Extractor to pull vital infor-
mation from the useli.il resources. Cross-
MAC's innovative solution for storing
file-type information is to place it into
the Amiga file comment. Because of
this, you must always clone the comment
when copying Mac files under Cross-
MAC. The program also contains a
database into which you can enter new
file types.

Conclusions

In summary, these two utilities seeming-
ly do the impossible. Of the two, Cross-
MAC; is the more option-laden and
refined, suitable for everyone. For users
who only need to read high-density Mac
disks in their high-density Amiga drives
or Mac-formatted hard disk partitions,
MaxDOS also fills the bill nicely.

— Daniel Greenberg

Pegger 2.0

Heifner Communications, $99.95

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2.x/3.x compatible.
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Minimum system: 2MB.
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Automated JPEG conversion software.

Released late last year, Heifner Com-
munications' original Pegger pro-
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a worthy addition to any Amiga user's
software repertoire. Pegger's purpose
is to make relatively quick and painless
work of the otherwise time-consuming
process of converting graphics images.
Without any noticeable loss of quality.
it rapidly converts bulky formats such
as 1FF24 into space-saving JPEG
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to manipulate.

Pegger 2.0 is the natural evolution
of the original program, which needed
improvement with respect to speed and
a wider range of supported graphics for-
mats. The new I'egger is raster, roughly
halving the time required to convert
IFF24 files. You'll also End new network
support, an improved Snoop function.

and other enhancements that serve to
make an already good program signifi-
cantly better.

Better Pegger

Like the original Pegger, 2.0 is uncon-
ventional in appearance and execution.
It arrives on one disk that installs using

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Snoop, CJPeg and DJpeg, Dropping a
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Snoop, with a fast, attractive interface,
is the first program you'll want to learn
to use. Revised tinder 2.0, Snoop works
its magic well. Ffe starters, you now use
a screen button !t0- choose between two
modes of operation: Program and Di-
rectory. In Program mode, it lists 18
graphics programs, and you choose the
one (ImageFX, ToasterPaint, and so on)
in which you want Pegger to "snoop" for
files to convert. In Directory mode, you
select a directory, and the mode, as its
name implies, snoops in that directory
looking for new files to convert to JPEG
format.

C] Peg's interface, as stylish as Snoop's,
works by letting you manually call up a
standard file requester and select a file
or a batch of files to convert to J PEG for-
mat. DJPeg works in the reverse manner,
with some new twists in 2.0. Decom-
pressing a grayscale JPEG file with
DJPeg results in an 8-bit IFF grayscale
file — much smaller than IFF24 files, and
a format that's required by some 3-D
rendering programs.

There's new support within DJPeg for
creating oversized Toaster Framestores
and 24-bit Targa files. Pegger 2.0 also
now offers a small window that appears
in both CJPeg and DJPeg when a large
batch of files is selected. The window
informs you of progress as the sorting
and checking of the files occurs — a nice
touch.

More of a Good Thing

Full ARexx control is included with the
package, along with four new ARexx
scripts: two file-copy scripts, a move
script, and a debugger for ARexx
scripts. Perhaps one of Pegger 2.0's
most valuable qualities is its relatively
low overhead. Here's a program (three,
actually) that converts files like a fren-
zied circus roustabout, yet consumes
only about half a megabyte of RAM in
operation and barely any chip RAM
when used in Workbench display mode.
Astonishing,

If there's a downside to all this good-
ness, it's in the documentation. This ten-
page Updates and Changes booklet
could use some refinement. It is too
sketchy. Yet, the almost exuberant oper-
ation of the program easily compensates
for shortcomings in die documentation.
Hurrying through lengthy directories of

files, with CJPeg converting them to
JPEGs and WJPeg converting them the
other way, this software is powerful, use-
ful, and thoroughly impressive.

One can argue that Pegger doesn't do
anything that a semi-skilled ARexx pro-
grammer can't do, given a good graph-
ics-conversion program and a little time.
True, but not everyone possesses the
knowledge to write conversion routines
for their image-processing software, and
even those who do would be hard-
pressed to write and debug scripts that
could do the job. Regardless of your lev-
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Pegger 2.0.

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World
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Ouestar Productions, $250

All Amigas.
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Construct Your World

WCS's rendered output is IFF 24-bit,

although vou can use an image proces-
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RAM, vtni tan rentier frames in any si/e
up to an enormous 32707x32767 pixels.
Vou can also preview and line-tune ani-
mations before rendering.

WCS is the only terrain renderer that
knows that the world is round: given
enough data and time, it can render or
animate an entire planet. Questar will
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The program's mapping features
read like a complete "ecosystem.''
including water, snow, rocks, grasses,
and many types of trees. As of this writ-
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that's promised lor a future upgrade.
The 1-16-page manual is being revised
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videotape tutorial should be available
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Whether you're a professional, or
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CyberEdit Pro 2.26

Cybercail, S995

All Amigas except A500 and A1000.

2.x/3.x compatible.

Hard-drive installable.

Not copy protected.

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Software for using the Video Toaster
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While other computers are only now-
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hardware requirements seem absurd to
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CyberEdit Pro brings professional,
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Cuts V Rolls

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software runs directly from floppies —
although you get better performance by
running it from your hard drive. Once
you have installed the program and
tested the setup, all you have to do is run
the Video Toaster, switch to the Work-
bench screen and run CyberEdit. 1 would
like to point out that you may also run
the program without the Toaster, in
which case you still have all the edit func-
tions available, but not the A/X roll
capabilities. This is not only an advan-
tage for those who don't own a Video
Toaster, but it also allows you to run
just the edit software when no Toaster
transition is necessary.

Overall Control

CyberEdit Pro is well designed, includ-
ing features available on other edit sys-
tems that cost several thousand dollars.
For instance, you can enter a descrip-
tion for each edit, making it easy to find
a specific edit even from a long list. The
system also makes the most of each
VCR's capabilities. If you have the

luxury of SMPTE time code, no calibra-
tion is needed, as each video frame has
a unique address. And if you're using
low-end decks with the more common
control track, then CyberEdit offers
some calibration features that squeeze
the highest possible precision out of
[hem. Fin thermore, you can automati-
cally repeat scene descriptions for your
edils through the use of colons.

"Fhe interface lets you control your
decks via the mouse or function keys
and perform all manner of edils,
including assemble, insert (audio, video,
or both), freeze frames, and transitions.
Von can also call up CO pages for titles as
well as framestores. To enter your edit
points, just cfick a button, and double-click
the time window for adjustments. 'Ilie sys-
tem informs vou of the length of your
adjustments, and if you select another out
point, you're told how much it lengthens
or shortens your edit. To fill a specific
time, you can enter that duration, and
CyberEdit automatically calculates the out
point for you.

The program lets you select any
Toaster transition and activates it for you
by means of GPI triggering. As with
more expensive systems, CyberEdit lets
you load and save edit fists for later use.
The manual is clear and comprehensive,
including a number of tips that are gen-
erally helpful.

While CyberEdit Pro is clearly aimed
at entry-level editing and is not intend-
ed to serve as a replacement for elabo-
rate A/B roll-editing systems, it offers
substantially more than I expected. The
edits I performed were accurate and easy
to set up, and this system actually made
the process fun. If you are an aspiring
editor, CyberEdit Pro gets you going last
and makes the transition to high-end
edil systems a breeze. I highly recom-
mended it for everyone, from video stu-
dents to beginning professionals.

— Paulo de Andrade

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By Peter Olafson, AW Games Editor

Special Report:

A Preview of Full-Motion Video

A common buzz-word in the IBM game market these days is
"full-motion video" or FMV. It seems to impress people. I

couldn't say why. Perhaps because it's more like watching TV,
In fact, on many occasions, FMV has nothing to do with game-
play, and that is precisely the problem.

FMV hasn't made its way to Amiga games aside from its
occasional use as a cuie effect. Oh. Sherlock Holmes, Consult-
ing Detective, for CDTV (using CDXL) and Amiga Fool ball for
CD32 both came close, but ihey featured only limited motion
recorded at a low frame rate. The MPEG module introduced
early tliis year gives the CD32 true FMV capability, but no FMV
game software has appeared yet. A version of Jurassic Park, us-
ing clips from the movie, was to be the first, but it seems to
have gotten stuck in a tar pit en route to release. (However, at
least two other developers are working on FMV games.)

So, it may come as something of a surprise to find dial the
first FMV Amiga game is already here — on an unexpected
medium (disk, rather than CD), from an unexpected direction
(the US), and in an unexpected form (shareware).

And here's something else: It's rather good. The FMV se-
quences don't replace the gameplay; rather, they complement
it nicely.

As of this writing, Tomcat — inspired by Tomcat Alley for
Sega CD — is in beta testing. A playable preview (a whopping
2.4 megs compressed) is available for downloading.

The game is something over 7 megs and occupies about 5
disks, so you'll need a hard disk and a meg of chip RAM to
run it properly. Not to mention a firm hand and clear vision:
Tomcat's a simple fighter-pilot arcade game based on the
Navy's famed F-14, but with a heavy emphasis on quick reac-
tions and good aim. (The black-and-white FMV sequences,
appearing in a central window, set up each action sequence
and then show the results.)

You use the joystick to follow the pilot's digitized instruc-
tions: Move the onscreen crosshairs to a waypotm. the tail of
an enemy fighter, or just to clear out of the Dodge when a
bogey's on your six. You'll either live to fight another day, or
crash and burn.

Tomcat is the work of John Graham — a member of Dark
Unicorn Productions (DUP), a South Carolina-based share-
ware coding group that aims to become to the Amiga share-
ware game market what Apogee and Epic MegaGames are
to the IBM. The 12-member group has been around in var-
ious forms since at least '92, but none of its earliest project-
ed releases — including Castle ol Terror, Return oi the An-
cients, and Star Trek: The Next Generation — saw the light

Tomcat features full-motion video: a gaming first for the Amiga.

of day. The first ones to appear were Shane Monroe's pleas-
ant strategy games, Psycho Squares (1993) and Psycho
Squares Deluxe (1994).

Tomcat promises to be the game that gets DUP noticed. At
this writing, the shareware version has been available for a
week, and Graham has already received 27 registrations. (The
shareware version includes only air-to-air missions. The full
one has air-to-ground, recon, and rescue, as well.)

The beta version I saw wasn't quite as polished as a com-
mercial release, but it was highly playable, and it certainly
wasn't as slow as one might expect a non-CD FMV game
to be. Ideally, Tomcat should be played from RAM on an
accelerated machine, lint the FMV sequences are loaded in
on the By from II D during play: there was no waiting around
for the game to kick in. When I crashed (which was often), I
could get right back at it.

If Tomcat takes oil", there's an FMV space sim in our future
as well. This one, already laid out on paper, will be in color —
as will a planned adventure about being followed.

Now, the trouble with FMV games generally is that iluv
tend to lack genuine choices and wind up playing like Drag-
on's Lair: Make the one right move and proceed to the next
stage, or make one of several wrong ones and die horribly.
If Graham and DUP can slay out of this trap and provide lots
of interesting alternatives to encourage replays, they'll be in
business.

Also in the works from DUP, but farther down the road:

Fleet Commander (Monroe) : A Star Fleet-style, search-and- 1

! Exquisite. A must for your games library. C — Meets expectations. Good, solid performer.

t fun. Plenty of entertainment value here. D — Disappointing. Lots of room for improvement.

F — A real stinker. Don't waste your time.
You may encounter some problems under this operating system and/or require a PAL/NTSC adapter.

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destroy game with FMV clips, digital sound, rendered graph-
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available by the time you read this, and the game itself is a
good bet for December release.

It's the Pits: A Bold Miner's Slaughter (Kit Felice): An
arcade adventure from the author of the Gladiators of Dagania,
with different styles of play in different segments, A couple of
levels were reportedly up and running, and one is said to be
like the tunnel sequences in Stardust, while another appears to
hark back to Thrust. Look for this after Christmas.

Flying Tigers (Seumas McNally): Said to resemble a com-
bination of Choplifter, Gunship 2000, and Desert Strike (I
guess it involves helicopters!), this shoot-'em-up has reached
playable state. Again, due after Christmas.

Theme Park

THE MAIN THEME in

amusement parks seems to

be intermingling spasms of

rapture with prolonged so- [

journs in the depths of human misery. The people come in

thickets, the lines are long, the food is expensive, the help is

harried. You lose your car in the parking lot and your lunch

on the big coaster.

You now have the power to verify that grim vision, or stand
it on its head. Theme Park (Electronic Arts UK, about S35) puts
you in command of a big rectangle of green space and charges
you to fill it up with rides (including an elaborate design-it-your-
self roller coaster), food stands, shops, and other attractions.

This delightful simulation from England's Bullfrog Pro-
ductions — its first Amiga game since Syndicate — suggests a
conflation of Maxis "software toys" with Bullfrog's traditional
"God" sims. That is, it's immensely fun and challenging to play
as a game — Theme Park pokes its fingers into many different
parts of the gamer's soul — but, like SimCity, it's also fun to just
play around with and watch.

You use the mouse and screen-bottom icons to plunk down
attractions (starting out simple with the Bouncy Casde, a tree-
house, a haunted house, and a merry-go-round), along with
ticket booths, roped-off waiting lines, exit stairs, and paved
walks to hook them into the rest of the park.

Then, open the gates and see all the people . . . and watch
the bottom line. They'll want to eat, of course, so you'll need
junk-food vendors. And they'll want momentos of the occasion,
so you'll need places to sell souvenirs. They'll drop litter, so
you'll need someone to pick it up. And they'll want to be
thrilled, so (in the more advanced levels) you'll have to invest
in research to develop bigger and better rides.

The full game is a genuine sim that gets heavily into the
business end of the operations. (Dig that balance sheet.)
Here, you negotiate over wages with staff and goods prices
with suppliers (where the game can be won or lost); order up
junk food like ice cream, fries and soda; buy shares in your
competitors' parks (and keep them from taking over yours};
and, at length, earn enough from the auction of your park
to take on a new site.

The detail is impressive throughout. You can even control
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into the ice cream, and the odds and the value of prizes in the
earn)- games.

But the basic fun is simply watching your creations in action.
A big, profitable, well-organized park just hums. You can
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People line up for them, ride them in turn and eventually the
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enlist Barney-like animated characters to entertain the crowds.)

In a throwback to PowerMonger, all these little folks carry
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been there , . . and how much money thev have left.

Limitations: Mainlv hardware-related. The initial release of
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standard-Amiga version is in the pipe.) And the flow of play
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megs of RAM.

Then again, some additional business aspects might have
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Besides, in an unusual but welcome move, they've added an
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Guardian (Acid Software,

about S35) is a splendid, polygon-based shoot-'em-up from
the creators of Blitz Basic that will bring back memories of
sonic older classics while it carves out a nice niche for itself
as a new one.

The Guardian is you. In a wedge-shaped craft (seen from an
adjustable camera position) armed witb laser cannon, smart
bombs, and guided missiles, you'll defend ten varied plan-
ets — the last vestige of the human race — against the usual alien
invaders.

That means blasting, Lots and lots of blasting. (The pack-
aging proudly heralds "an endless supply of violence, mayhem
and destruction.") But be sure to blast with care. In this 3-D
version of Defender (an evident favorite of coder Mark Sibly),
everything — enemies, buildings, ground craft, even pine
trees — disintegrates into itty-birty pieces when shot up. And
yon don't want to blow up everything, because that does the
aliens' job for them.

To think of this simply as a shooter would be to overlook
some significant inclusions; Guardian's play mechanics
obviously were given a good deal of thought. There's sup-
port for a second player. The enemies may be called
Di'onoids, but they've got minds of their own ancl are not
bevond ganging up on vou or catching you in a crossfire.
The power-ups that you'll get for wasting certain of the
enemies can be stockpiled and, if you already have one,
applied to your next life. All aircraft, by the way, cast shad-
ows, which are sometimes easier to see than the craft them-
selves. Also, the array of surface objects allows you to lead
enemies into destructive collisions.

And the brake-and-thrust controls — smartly positioned atop
the controller — give you easy access to an old fighter-pilot
standby: Hit the brakes, let your pursuer roar past and jam a
missile up his spout, (Guardian represents the best use of the
CD32 controller to date.)

And smooth? Yes, it flies smoothly.

Now, this sort of game could doubtless be done well on a
standard Amiga. (A disk-based version is in the works.) It's not
AGA-speciftc, and it's not going to blow you away with HAMS
screens and Imagine-rendered cut scenes. The game here is
largely where it belongs: in the gameplay.

Still, I had read thai Acid was aiming to use every last bit of
CD space, and was surprised to see that the game occupies only
about 2.2 megabytes. My guess: The rest of the disk is used for
music, playing directly from the CD.

The music, provided by an up-and-coming New Zealand
band, is extraordinary. It fairly powers out of the speakers.
(Headphones or a stereo hookup are a must.) And it's not the
usual Euro-thrash stuff that the mod crowd keeps churning out.
It's real music — derivative in places, perhaps, but eminently lis-
tenable — and the perfect arcade complement to the game itself.

If I had to come up with a complaint — and I don't have one,
really — it's about the packaging: just a jewel box and a slip of
documentation. The game really doesn't require anything
further, but a more substantial, eye-catching box (perhaps in
the style of MicroProse's CD32 games) would give this small
classic a bigger shelf presence both in stores and in homes —
a position it manifestly deserves, ■

To locate vendors of the games reviewed, see the
"Manufacturers'/Distributors' Addresses" list on p. 59.

52January 1995

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AmigaWorld 59

A couple of easy ones
from the pile of monitor
questions; whither goes
the Retina Z3; and
expanding your A4000.

HELP KEY

BY TIM WALSH

Flicker and Modem
Misadventures

Q. After muling the June '94 Help Key, I
switched my A 1200 to Double-NTSC, Hi-
Res, No-Flicker mode for an improved
screen display on my 1942 monitor. How-
ever, if the monitor is on for more than an
hour in this mode, or if a number of screen
windows are open, a series of short, hori-
zontal flickering lines appear. Is this a
normal occurrence or the sign of a problem''
My second question concerns connecting
two Amigas through their serial ports for
use with Psygnosis' Combat Air Patrol. I
purchased a serial cable from Radio Shack,
but had to get a gender changer for one
end, since they don't sell a 25-pin dual-
female cable. 1 followed the instructions in
the Combat Air Patrol manual to no avail.
Any suggestions?

Leland Jones
Dallas, Texas

A. In reference to your first question)
your monitor might be defective. If it
starts nickering after an hour 1 opera-
tion, there is a definite problem. Fur-
thermore, no matter how many win-
dows are open, no flickering lines
should appear. If a computer-repair
center gives vour monitor a clean bill of
health, it might be the computer.

As for your serial cable, you might
try another Radio Shack to find one in
stock. Ask for part #813-2506-551. But
after reviewing the instructions for the
CAP program, I think you probablv
need an RS-232, 25-pin null-modem
connector (RS part # 000-2505-1).
Any Amiga programs that require
null-modem connections should work
line with thai component in place.

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